Top Cited Articles in 2018 - International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT)

top cited articles In 2018

International Journal Of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT)

http://airccse.org/journal/ijmit/ijmit.html

Issn: 0975-5586 (Online); 0975-5926 (Print)

Neo Open Innovation in the Digital Economy: Harnessing Soft Innovation Resources

Yuji Tou¹, Chihiro Watanabe ^{2, 3} , Kuniko Moriya 4, 5 , Pekka Neittaanmaki⁶

1 Dept. of Ind. Engineering &Magm, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

^{2, 5, 6} Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

³ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

⁴ Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

⁶Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

ABSTRACT

Successive increases in R&D that creates new functionality are essential for global competitiveness. However, unexpectedly, as a consequence of the two-faced nature of information and communication technology (ICT), excessive R&D results in a marginal productivity decline leading to a decrease in digital value creation. In order to overcome such a dilemma, global ICT firms have been endeavoring to transform themselves into disruptive business model. Neo open innovation that harnesses soft innovation resources may be a solution to this critical question. On the basis of an empirical analysis focusing on forefront endeavors to this dilemma by global ICT firms, this paper attempted to demonstrate the above hypothetical view. Noteworthy findings suggestive to transforming the traditional business model into disruptive innovation that satisfies people’s demand corresponding to their shift in preferences in the digital economy is thus provided. In addition, a new concept for R&D resources in the digital economy is postulated.

KEYWORDS

Digital economy, soft innovation resources, neo-open innovation, disruptive business model, transformation

For More Details:        http://aircconline.com/ijmit/V10N4/10418ijmit04.pdf

http://airccse.org/journal/ijmit/vol10.html

References

[1] Tapscott, D., 1994. The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence. McGraw-Hill, New York.

[2] Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), 2009. Digital Economy Future Directions. DBCDE, Camberra.

[3] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K., Zhao, W., 2015a. New Paradigm of ICT Productivity: Increasing Role of Un-captured GDP and Growing Anger of Consumers. Technology in Society41, 21–44.

[4] Bloomberg, 2017. 2017 Global Innovation 1000 Study. Bloomberg, New York.

[5] Fox, J., 2018. Amazon, the Biggest R&D Spender, Does Not Believe in R&D, Bloomberg Opinion, 13 April 2018.https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-12/amazon-doesn-t-believe-inresearch and-development-spending (retrieved 22.09.2018).

[6] Chesbrough, H., 2006. Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from  Technology. Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation, Massachusetts.

[7] Watanabe, C., Shin, J.H., Heikkinen, J., Zhao, W. and Griffy-Brown, C., 2011. New Functionality Development through Follower Substitution for a Leader in Open Innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78 (1), 116-131.

[8] Prahalad, C.K., 2004. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Watson School of Publishing,

Washington, D.C.

[9] OECD, 2016. OECD Observer: The Digital Economy. OECD, Paris.

[10] Pew Research Center, 2016. Smartphone Ownership and Internet Usage Continues to Climb in Emerging Economies. Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.

[11] Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC), 2011. White Paper on Japan’s Information and Communication. MIC, Tokyo.

[12] UNESCO, 2015. Countries of All Income Levels Nurturing a Digital Economy. UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030. UNESCO, Paris.

[13] Naveed, K., Watanabe, C. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2018. The Transformative Direction of Innovation toward an IoT-based Society: Increasing Dependency on Uncaptured GDP in Global ICT Firms. Technology in Society 53, 23-46.

[14] Watanabe, C., Moriya, K., Tou, Y., Neittaanmäki, P., 2018a. Structural Sources of a Productivity Decline in the Digital Economy. International Journal of Managing Information Technology 10 (1), 1- 20.

[15] Tou, Y., Moriya, K., Watanabe, C., Ilmola, L. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2018a. Soft Innovation Resources: Enabler for Reversal in GDP Growth in the Digital Economy. International Journal of Managing Information Technology 10 (3), 9-28.

[16] Tou, Y., Watanabe, C., Ilmola, L. Moriya, K., &Neittaanmäki, P., 2018b. Hybrid Role of Soft Innovation Resources: Finland’s Notable Resurgence in the Digital Economy International Journal of Managing Information Technology 10 (4), in print.

[17] Watanabe, C., Kondo, R., Ouchi, N., Wei, H. and Griffy-Brown, C., 2004. Institutional Elasticity as a Significant Driver of IT Functionality Development. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 71 (7), 723-750.

[18] Schelling, T.C., 1998. Social mechanisms and social dynamics, in Hedstrom, P. and Swedberg, R. eds., Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 32-43.

[19] Watanabe, C., 2009. Managing Innovation in Japan: The Role Institutions Play in Helping or Hindering How Companies Develop Technology. Springer, Berlin.

[20] Watanabe, C., Lei, S. and Ouchi, N., 2009. Fusing Indigenous Technology Development and Market Learning for Greater Functionality Development: An Empirical Analysis of the Growth Trajectory of Canon Printers. Technovation, 29 (2), 265-283.

[21] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2017. ICT-driven Disruptive Innovation Nurtures Uncaptured GDP: Harnessing Woemen’s Potential as Untapped Resources. Technology in Society51,

81–101.

[22] Watanabe, C., Moriya, K., Tou, Y. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2018b. Consequences of the Digital Economy: Transformation of the Growth Concept. International Journal of Managing Information Technology10 (2), 21-39.

[23] McDonagh, D., 2008. Satisfying Needs beyond the Functional: The Changing Needs of the Silver Market Consumer. Presented at the International Symposium on the Silver Market Phenomenon – Business Opportunities and Responsibilities in the Aging Society, Tokyo, Japan.

[24] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K., Neittaanmäki, P. &Tou, Y., 2016b. Co-evolution of Three Mega Trends Nature Uncaptured GDP: Uber’s Ride-sharing Revolution. Technology in Society 46, 164–185.

[25] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2016c. Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education toward Digitally-rich Learning Environments. Technology in Society 48, 70–96.

[26] Naveed, K., Watanabe, C., Neittaanmäki, P., 2017. Co-evolution between Streaming and Live Music Leads a Way to the Sustainable Growth of Music Industry: Lessons from the US Experiences. Technology in Society50, 1-19.

[27] Kenney, M., 2013. The Growth and Development of the Internet in the United States. In: Cogut B, Ed. The Global Internet Economy. MIT Press, Massachusetts.

[28] Watanabe, C., Naveed, N. &Neittaanmäki, P., 2018c. Digital Solution Transform the Forest-based Bioeconomy into a Digital Platform Industry: A Suggestion for a Disruptive Business Model in the Digital Economy. Technology in Society54, 168-188.

[29] Galloway, S., 2017. The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

Soft Innovation Resources: Enabler For Reversal In Gdp Growth In The Digital Economy

Yuji Tou ¹ , Kuniko Moriya ^{2, 3,} Chihiro Watanabe ^{4, 5}, Leena Ilmola⁶ , Pekka Neittaanmäki⁷

¹ Dept. of Ind. Engineering & Magm., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

 ² Research and Statistics Department, Bank of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

³ Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

⁴ Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

⁵ International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

6 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

7 Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

ABSTRACT

While Finland and Singapore have been maintaining world digital leaders position, they demonstrate interlaced contrast: high welfare with low GDP growth in Finland and higher GDP growth with lower welfare in Singapore. This provokes an uncaptured GDP postulate that Finnish wellbeing has developed more than one might conclude by GDP. However, a recent reversal in the GDP growth trend suggests the possibility that uncaptured GDP contributes to remove structural impediments in GDP growth. This paper demonstrates this hypothesis. An empirical analysis elucidating the inside the national accountings and institutional systems revealed that soft innovation resources have substituted for service capital in Finland and created uncaptured GDP which disseminated in tangible capital and removed structural impediments impeding development leading to GDP growth. In addition, this growth enables next generation intellectual property product (IPP) development. An insightful suggestion in overcoming a productivity paradox in the digital economy was thus provided..

KEYWORDS

Digital economy, soft innovation resources, structural impediments in growth, productivity paradox,

Finland and Singapore

For More Details:        http://aircconline.com/ijmit/V10N3/10318ijmit02.pdf

http://airccse.org/journal/ijmit/vol10.html

References

[1] Ylhainen, I., (2017) Challenges of Measuring the Digital Economy. https://www.sitra.fi/en/articles/challenges-measuring-digital-economy/

[2] Watanabe, C., Moriya, K., Tou, Y. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2018b) ”Consequences of the Digital Economy: Transformation of the Growth Concept,” International Journal of Managing Information

Technology, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp 21-39.

[3] IMF, (2017) “World economic outlook database,” IMF, Washington.

[4] Watanabe, C., Tou, Y. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2018c) ”A New Paradox of the Digital Economy: Structural Sources of the Limitation of GDP Statistics,” Technology in Society, in print.

[5] Statistics Finland, (2018a) “National accounts of Finland,” Statistics Finland, Helsinki.

[6] Department of Statistics Singapore, (2018a) “National Accounts of Singapore,” Department of Statistics Singapore, Singapore.

[7] Watanabe, C., Moriya, K., Tou, Y. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2018a) ”Structural Sources of a Productivity Decline in the Digital Economy,” International Journal of Managing Information Technology, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp 1-20.

[8] Naveed, K., Watanabe, C. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2018) ”The Transformative Direction of Innovation toward an IoT-based Society: Increasing Dependency on Uncaptured GDP in Global ICT Firms,” Technology in Society, Vol. 53, pp 23-46.

[9] Watanabe, C., Kondo, R., Ouchi, N., Wei, H. and Griffy-Brown, C., (2004) “Institutional Elasticity as a Significant Driver of IT Functionality Development,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 71, No. 7, pp 723-750.

[10] Bharadwaj, A., Sawy, O.A.E., Pavloyu, P.A. and Venkatraman, N. (2013) “Digital Business Strategy: Toward a Next Generation of Insights,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 2, 471–482.

[11] McKinsey Global Institute. (2015) The Internet of Things: Mapping the Value beyond the Hype. McKinsey & Company, San Francisco.

[12] Internet Society, Global Internet Report 2016, https://www.internetsociety.org/globalinternetreport/2016/wpcontent/uploads/2016/11/ISOC_GIR_2016 v1.pdf, 2016 (retrieved 05.08.2017).

[13] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K., Neittaanmäki, P. & Tou, Y., (2016a) ”Co-evolution of Three Mega Trends Nature Uncaptured GDP: Uber’s Ride-sharing Revolution,” Technology in Society, Vol. 46, pp 164–185.

[14] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2016b) ”Co-evolution between Trust in Teachers and Higher Education toward Digitally-rich Learning Environments,” Technology in Society, Vol. 48, pp 70–96.

[15] Watanabe, C., (2013) “Innovation-consumption Co-emergence Leads a Resilience Business,” Innovation and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp 92-104.

[16] Naveed, K., Watanabe, C. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2017) ”Co-evolution between Streaming and Live Music Leads a Way to the Sustainable Growth of Music Industry: Lessons from the US Experiences,” Technology in Society, Vol. 50, pp 1-19.

[17] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. & Neittaanmäki,P., (2017) ”ICT-driven Disruptive Innovation Nurtures Uncaptured GDP: Harnessing Woemen’s Potential as Untapped Resources,” Technology in Society, Vol. 51, pp 81–101.

[18] OECD, (2017) “OECD Review of innovation policy: Finland assessment and recommendation,” OECD, Paris.

[19] OECD, (2018) “OECD database,” OECD, Paris.

[20] Ministry of Finance Singapore, (2018). Singapore Budget 2018. Ministry of Finance Singapore, Singapore.

[21] Hutchenreiter, G., Zuniga, P. & Weber J., (2017). “OECD Review of Innovation Policy: Finland Assessment and Recommendations,” Launch Seminar, Helsinki.

[22] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. & Neittaanmäki, P., (2015b) ”Dependency on Un-captured GDP as a Source of Resilience beyond Economic Value in Countries with Advanced ICT Infrastructure: Similarities and Disparities between Finland and Singapore,” Technology in Society, Vol. 42, pp 104–122.

[23] Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE), (2008) “Finland’s National Innovation Strategy,” MEE, Helsinki.

[24] Hautamaki, A., (2017). “Finland’s Research and Innovation Policy Needs to be Revised with a Broad Brush,” Business & Finance, Politics, Tech & Science.

[25] Zubascu. F., (2017) “Finland Remodels Its Innovation Strategy,” Science & Business.

[26] Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland (MEAE), (2017) “Finland’s Preliminary Views on the EU’s 9th Framework Programme (2021-) for Research and Innovation,” MEAE, Helsinki.

[27] Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland (MEAE), (2018) “Innovation Policy

Provides an Incentive for Continuous Renewal,” MEAE, Helsinki. http://tem.fi/en/innovation-policy Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[28] International Telecommunication Union (ITU), (2018) “World telecommunication/ICT indicators database, “ ITU, Geneva.

[29] Watanabe, C., Naveed, K. & Zhao, W., (2015a) “New Paradigm of ICT Productivity: Increasing Role of Un-captured GDP and Growing Anger of Consumers,” Technology in Society, Vol. 41, pp 21–44.

[30] Statistics Finland, (2018b). “Government Budget Allocation for R&D in 2018.” Statistics Finland, Helsinki.

[31] Department of Statistics Singapore, (2018b) “Detailed Statistical Time Series, R&D Expenditure,” Department of Statistics Singapore, Singapore.

[32] Ministry of Finance Singapore, (2018) “Singapore budget 2018),” Ministry of Singapore, Singapore.

[33] Statistics Finland, (2018c). “The Labor Market in Finland,” Statistics Finland, Helsinki.

[34] Statistics Finland, (2018d). “Statistics Finland’s PX-Web databases,” Statistics Finland, Helsinki.