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Papers by Tugrul Daim

Green Energy and Technology, 2013

2011 Proceedings of Picmet 11 Technology Management in the Energy Smart World, Jul 1, 2011

ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to assess and transfer a high efficiency multi-junction p... more ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to assess and transfer a high efficiency multi-junction photovoltaic technology developed at the National Renewable Energy Lab to a startup venture. The multi-junction cell will be located at the focal point of a parabolic reflector integrated into a small solar tracking system. This technology is a rooftop satellite-dish-sized reflector that will track the sun, focusing many suns of intensity onto a small high efficiency photovoltaic multi junction cell target. Society has benefited greatly from electrification as it moved from cities to rural communities, and finally to the dispersed few at the end of the line. There are still some rural communities in the world where there are no medium to large electrical energy transmission systems. The state of electrical transmission systems in different countries depends heavily on whether the economy is developing or industrialized. The total world electrical energy usage today is 18 TW-hr (1 TW-hr = 10 12 W- hr). Total electrical loads are forecasted to rise to over 30 TW- hr by 2030 but this estimate could be low. Solar resources are great enough, and high-efficiency multi-junction PV concentrating solar power tracking systems could convert enough sunlight into electrical energy to meet forecasted world electrical load growth.

Proceedings of Picmet 14 Conference Portland International Center For Management of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure and Service Integration, Jul 27, 2014

ABSTRACT An insight into entrepreneurial behaviour based on intentions given in students’ perceiv... more ABSTRACT An insight into entrepreneurial behaviour based on intentions given in students’ perceived desirability and feasibility and formed by gender differences is presented in the context of educational setting of various universities with differing educational requirements and institutional backgrounds. The study was tested on the sample of 4249 students from seven countries, namely Austria, Croatia, France, Israel, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia clustered into 4 groups based on varying levels of economic development, political and economic integration and the awareness of their entrepreneurial backgrounds. The results of the study showed similarities and discrepancies in desirability and feasibility that forms entrepreneurial intent and well as gender differences and perceived importance of educational attainments according to designed clusters.

International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Mar 20, 2015

ABSTRACT This paper reports out of the symposium on 'Technology Management in the Service... more ABSTRACT This paper reports out of the symposium on 'Technology Management in the Service Sector' which was held as a part of Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology in 2007. The objectives of the symposium were: to explore how technology management research and education can contribute to the evolving field of services science, management and engineering; to define a research agenda for the field of engineering and technology management that addresses the critical needs of the evolving service economy and to discuss needed funding structures and programs to foster service oriented research. We tackled these issues in two ways. First, the key leaders from academia, industry and government presented the critical issues and challenges that presently exist. Then, small groups analysed the selected topics in depth. We identified three main components of service science: value, people and technology, and explored how researchers in the field of technology management would tackle this new phenomenon.

International Journal of Sustainable Society, Mar 20, 2015

This paper describes and analyses an operational decision model of the customer decision process ... more This paper describes and analyses an operational decision model of the customer decision process in selecting a new hybrid automobile. Three types of extreme customer profiles are introduced which represent disparate customers of hybrid cars. These profiles provide rankings, or priorities, which are used to establish a baseline of possible user entry. A hierarchical decision model (HDM) implemented in Microsoft Excel uses these priorities, along with expert's pairwise comparisons of the effects of vehicle attributes on these priorities, to select a vehicle make and model from a database of cars and their attributes. An iterative process is described to fine-tune the attribute weightings, or to obtain alternate choices. After the expert weightings are tuned using the three extreme profiles, users need only to enter their priorities for the HDM to choose the best hybrid matching their criteria. Finally, the model is critiqued and suggestions are offered for improvement.

Proceedings of Picmet 14 Conference Portland International Center For Management of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure and Service Integration, Jul 27, 2014

Technology Management a Unifying Discipline For Melting the Boundaries Held July 31 Aug 4 2005 Portland Hilton Executive Tower Portland Oregon Usa Picmet 05, 2015

The BRITE Project (Building Research Innovation Technology and Environment) was established by th... more The BRITE Project (Building Research Innovation Technology and Environment) was established by the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation to encourage and report on innovative developments in the construction industry. Using both case studies and extensive industry surveys the BRITE Project has examined the creation, adoption and diffusion of innovations. A nexus is reported between technological innovations and the adoption of advanced management practices. Indeed the management of the innovation process is found to be critical to the successful implementation of technological innovations. The BRITE Project's combination of specific detailed case studies with a broad industry-wide survey allows the testing of the hypothesis that organizational and technological innovations are linked from two different perspectives. In both instances, a strong correlation is observed between high technological innovators and the proactive management of organizational knowledge with emphasis on continuing education and training. In contrast, the low innovators surveyed were characterized by a lack of business strategies to improve and monitor performance and by minimal investment in research and development. Technological innovations were found to be significantly more likely to occur in those firms with good profitability and with managers who seek out a broad range of sources for new ideas as well as actively working to capture project learning for ongoing reference. Such ongoing active management involvement fosters the appropriate atmosphere for new technological innovations to occur. The BRITE Project experience highlights the primacy of management skills for the encouragement of ongoing technological advancement within the often conservative construction and engineering sector.

2013 Proceedings of Picmet 13 Technology Management in the It Driven Services, 2013

With the growing trend of globalization and rapid development of high technologies, emerging econ... more With the growing trend of globalization and rapid development of high technologies, emerging economies face more challenges in technology development because they are chasing a fast-moving frontier. They need to identify global technology trends and adapt to local needs and capabilities. Strategies for technology development differ among countries at different developmental stages. In this research, a technology policy choice framework is developed to link prospective high-tech areas, technology development strategies, and various innovative resources. The research approach is to develop a hierarchical decision model (HDM) and apply the analytic hierarchical process (AHP). Experts are invited from diverse sources to provide a balanced perspective representing different stakeholders. This research focuses on the fast developing Chinese biopharmaceutical industry as a case study. The results of this research have identified thirteen prospective biotech areas that China should invest more resources for development. These technology areas include: recombinant therapeutic proteins, recombinant vaccines, monoclonal antibody technology, cell and tissue engineering, gene therapy, antisense therapy, RNAi, nanobiotechnology, synthetic biology, bioinformatics, pharmacogenetics, gene sequencing, and biotechnology diagnostics. For most of these technology areas, the results have indicated an imitative innovation strategy should be taken as a better strategy under current technological conditions in China. The research has further found that hightech small-to-medium companies and multinational corporations are major innovation contributors in the Chinese biopharmaceutical sector.

ABSTRACT Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be domi... more ABSTRACT Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be dominated by fossil-fuels in the foreseeable future, particularly gas for electricity and oil for land, air and sea transport. The reliance on depleting conventional oil and natural gas resources and the geographic distribution of these reserves can have geopolitical implications for energy importers and exporters. Global Energy Policy and Security examines the security of global and national energy supplies, as well as the sensitivity and impacts of sustainable energy policies which emphasize the various political, economic, technological, financial and social factors that influence energy supply, demand and security. Multidisciplinary perspectives provide the interrelated topics of energy security and energy policy within a rapidly changing socio-political and technological landscape during the 21st century. Included are two main types of interdisciplinary papers. One set of papers deals with technical aspects of energy efficiency, renewable energy and the use of tariffs. The other set of papers focuses on social, economic or political issues related to energy security and policy, also describing research, practical projects and other concrete initiatives being performed in different parts of the world. This book will prove useful to all those students and researchers interested in the connections between energy production, energy use, energy security and the role of energy policies.

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Feb 11, 2013

ABSTRACT IT data centres (DCs) are a huge investment and most mid-size companies need to set up t... more ABSTRACT IT data centres (DCs) are a huge investment and most mid-size companies need to set up their own DCs to run their business operations. Building new DCs is a time-consuming effort needing millions of dollars and months of planning. Companies cannot afford to make a wrong decision when designing and setting up a new DC as these need to build for a life of around 20 years. In this paper, we studied the challenges and issues faced by enterprise DCs and explored various criteria which can be used for selecting a site for a new DC. We use a hierarchical model to look into various financial, environmental, social, political and geographical factors which an organisation need to look into when choosing a city for their DC. The model discussed in the paper provides a general framework and can be adopted by a company operating in any industry and any country.

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, Mar 20, 2015

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2012 Proceedings of Picmet 12 Technology Management For Emerging Technologies, 2012

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Jan 28, 2010

Increasing use of renewable sources has a vital importance in mitigating increasing energy demand... more Increasing use of renewable sources has a vital importance in mitigating increasing energy demand and global warming. The limited reserves and negative environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel consumption make the renewable energy sources considerable alternatives in case environmental externalities are taken into consideration. Pricing models for renewable energy alternatives are commonly based on the same fundamentals as the fossil fuels, but this approach neglects some of the characteristics that are unique to renewable energy alternatives. In order to develop more accurate pricing models these unique variables which are mostly considered as market externalities need to be integrated in the current forms of pricing models. The originality of this work is its ability to combine social, technical, environmental and economic aspects using analytic network process in order to provide a more holistic point of view on factors impacting renewable energy pricing through a comparison of two case studies. United States (U.S.) and Turkey are the two cases analyzed in this paper. U.S. represents a developed economy whereas Turkey represents a developing economy. It is expected that the results of this work would be helpful for further research in understanding the dynamics behind pricing mechanism of the renewable sources in different environments. For instance, fundamental differences in relative importance of pricing factors between two case countries have been identified as different levels of enforcement through laws and regulations, impact of geographic characteristics on site selection and job opportunities created through new investments.► Multi perspective analysis ► Analytic network application ► Comparison of Turkey and USA

International Journal of Society Systems Science, 2008

... innovation activity measured by US patent activity. Patent counts are used as measurement of ... more ... innovation activity measured by US patent activity. Patent counts are used as measurement of research output (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html). H03:Nanotechnology innovation is not related to NSF research expenditures. ...

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

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2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008

It is critical for technology-driven organizations to have access to intelligence on the progress... more It is critical for technology-driven organizations to have access to intelligence on the progress of research and development (R&D) in public or private laboratories. Technology forecasting methods can be useful in these cases if there is a history of performance. However the traditional forecasting methods can not be used effectively for predicting the prospects of emerging technologies as historical information

Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy, 2008

Technology Management" is a dynamically evolving discipline that integrates the technology-domina... more Technology Management" is a dynamically evolving discipline that integrates the technology-dominated "world of the engineer" with management. The field is distinguishable from its neighbor disciplines through characteristic research questions, specialized periodicals, and more than 200 educational programs. Currently, the field changes its face and increasingly focuses on the service industry. It thus reflects the blurring boundaries between "services" and "goods" companies and the service sector's growing dependency on (information) technology. This paper describes these changes and presents contributions of Technology Management to SSEM. Based on these findings and a survey of industry needs in the "silicon forest", it outlines an agenda for education and research.

Green Energy and Technology, 2013

2011 Proceedings of Picmet 11 Technology Management in the Energy Smart World, Jul 1, 2011

ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to assess and transfer a high efficiency multi-junction p... more ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to assess and transfer a high efficiency multi-junction photovoltaic technology developed at the National Renewable Energy Lab to a startup venture. The multi-junction cell will be located at the focal point of a parabolic reflector integrated into a small solar tracking system. This technology is a rooftop satellite-dish-sized reflector that will track the sun, focusing many suns of intensity onto a small high efficiency photovoltaic multi junction cell target. Society has benefited greatly from electrification as it moved from cities to rural communities, and finally to the dispersed few at the end of the line. There are still some rural communities in the world where there are no medium to large electrical energy transmission systems. The state of electrical transmission systems in different countries depends heavily on whether the economy is developing or industrialized. The total world electrical energy usage today is 18 TW-hr (1 TW-hr = 10 12 W- hr). Total electrical loads are forecasted to rise to over 30 TW- hr by 2030 but this estimate could be low. Solar resources are great enough, and high-efficiency multi-junction PV concentrating solar power tracking systems could convert enough sunlight into electrical energy to meet forecasted world electrical load growth.

Proceedings of Picmet 14 Conference Portland International Center For Management of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure and Service Integration, Jul 27, 2014

ABSTRACT An insight into entrepreneurial behaviour based on intentions given in students’ perceiv... more ABSTRACT An insight into entrepreneurial behaviour based on intentions given in students’ perceived desirability and feasibility and formed by gender differences is presented in the context of educational setting of various universities with differing educational requirements and institutional backgrounds. The study was tested on the sample of 4249 students from seven countries, namely Austria, Croatia, France, Israel, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia clustered into 4 groups based on varying levels of economic development, political and economic integration and the awareness of their entrepreneurial backgrounds. The results of the study showed similarities and discrepancies in desirability and feasibility that forms entrepreneurial intent and well as gender differences and perceived importance of educational attainments according to designed clusters.

International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Mar 20, 2015

ABSTRACT This paper reports out of the symposium on 'Technology Management in the Service... more ABSTRACT This paper reports out of the symposium on 'Technology Management in the Service Sector' which was held as a part of Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology in 2007. The objectives of the symposium were: to explore how technology management research and education can contribute to the evolving field of services science, management and engineering; to define a research agenda for the field of engineering and technology management that addresses the critical needs of the evolving service economy and to discuss needed funding structures and programs to foster service oriented research. We tackled these issues in two ways. First, the key leaders from academia, industry and government presented the critical issues and challenges that presently exist. Then, small groups analysed the selected topics in depth. We identified three main components of service science: value, people and technology, and explored how researchers in the field of technology management would tackle this new phenomenon.

International Journal of Sustainable Society, Mar 20, 2015

This paper describes and analyses an operational decision model of the customer decision process ... more This paper describes and analyses an operational decision model of the customer decision process in selecting a new hybrid automobile. Three types of extreme customer profiles are introduced which represent disparate customers of hybrid cars. These profiles provide rankings, or priorities, which are used to establish a baseline of possible user entry. A hierarchical decision model (HDM) implemented in Microsoft Excel uses these priorities, along with expert's pairwise comparisons of the effects of vehicle attributes on these priorities, to select a vehicle make and model from a database of cars and their attributes. An iterative process is described to fine-tune the attribute weightings, or to obtain alternate choices. After the expert weightings are tuned using the three extreme profiles, users need only to enter their priorities for the HDM to choose the best hybrid matching their criteria. Finally, the model is critiqued and suggestions are offered for improvement.

Proceedings of Picmet 14 Conference Portland International Center For Management of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure and Service Integration, Jul 27, 2014

Technology Management a Unifying Discipline For Melting the Boundaries Held July 31 Aug 4 2005 Portland Hilton Executive Tower Portland Oregon Usa Picmet 05, 2015

The BRITE Project (Building Research Innovation Technology and Environment) was established by th... more The BRITE Project (Building Research Innovation Technology and Environment) was established by the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation to encourage and report on innovative developments in the construction industry. Using both case studies and extensive industry surveys the BRITE Project has examined the creation, adoption and diffusion of innovations. A nexus is reported between technological innovations and the adoption of advanced management practices. Indeed the management of the innovation process is found to be critical to the successful implementation of technological innovations. The BRITE Project's combination of specific detailed case studies with a broad industry-wide survey allows the testing of the hypothesis that organizational and technological innovations are linked from two different perspectives. In both instances, a strong correlation is observed between high technological innovators and the proactive management of organizational knowledge with emphasis on continuing education and training. In contrast, the low innovators surveyed were characterized by a lack of business strategies to improve and monitor performance and by minimal investment in research and development. Technological innovations were found to be significantly more likely to occur in those firms with good profitability and with managers who seek out a broad range of sources for new ideas as well as actively working to capture project learning for ongoing reference. Such ongoing active management involvement fosters the appropriate atmosphere for new technological innovations to occur. The BRITE Project experience highlights the primacy of management skills for the encouragement of ongoing technological advancement within the often conservative construction and engineering sector.

2013 Proceedings of Picmet 13 Technology Management in the It Driven Services, 2013

With the growing trend of globalization and rapid development of high technologies, emerging econ... more With the growing trend of globalization and rapid development of high technologies, emerging economies face more challenges in technology development because they are chasing a fast-moving frontier. They need to identify global technology trends and adapt to local needs and capabilities. Strategies for technology development differ among countries at different developmental stages. In this research, a technology policy choice framework is developed to link prospective high-tech areas, technology development strategies, and various innovative resources. The research approach is to develop a hierarchical decision model (HDM) and apply the analytic hierarchical process (AHP). Experts are invited from diverse sources to provide a balanced perspective representing different stakeholders. This research focuses on the fast developing Chinese biopharmaceutical industry as a case study. The results of this research have identified thirteen prospective biotech areas that China should invest more resources for development. These technology areas include: recombinant therapeutic proteins, recombinant vaccines, monoclonal antibody technology, cell and tissue engineering, gene therapy, antisense therapy, RNAi, nanobiotechnology, synthetic biology, bioinformatics, pharmacogenetics, gene sequencing, and biotechnology diagnostics. For most of these technology areas, the results have indicated an imitative innovation strategy should be taken as a better strategy under current technological conditions in China. The research has further found that hightech small-to-medium companies and multinational corporations are major innovation contributors in the Chinese biopharmaceutical sector.

ABSTRACT Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be domi... more ABSTRACT Despite efforts to increase renewables, the global energy mix is still likely to be dominated by fossil-fuels in the foreseeable future, particularly gas for electricity and oil for land, air and sea transport. The reliance on depleting conventional oil and natural gas resources and the geographic distribution of these reserves can have geopolitical implications for energy importers and exporters. Global Energy Policy and Security examines the security of global and national energy supplies, as well as the sensitivity and impacts of sustainable energy policies which emphasize the various political, economic, technological, financial and social factors that influence energy supply, demand and security. Multidisciplinary perspectives provide the interrelated topics of energy security and energy policy within a rapidly changing socio-political and technological landscape during the 21st century. Included are two main types of interdisciplinary papers. One set of papers deals with technical aspects of energy efficiency, renewable energy and the use of tariffs. The other set of papers focuses on social, economic or political issues related to energy security and policy, also describing research, practical projects and other concrete initiatives being performed in different parts of the world. This book will prove useful to all those students and researchers interested in the connections between energy production, energy use, energy security and the role of energy policies.

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, Feb 11, 2013

ABSTRACT IT data centres (DCs) are a huge investment and most mid-size companies need to set up t... more ABSTRACT IT data centres (DCs) are a huge investment and most mid-size companies need to set up their own DCs to run their business operations. Building new DCs is a time-consuming effort needing millions of dollars and months of planning. Companies cannot afford to make a wrong decision when designing and setting up a new DC as these need to build for a life of around 20 years. In this paper, we studied the challenges and issues faced by enterprise DCs and explored various criteria which can be used for selecting a site for a new DC. We use a hierarchical model to look into various financial, environmental, social, political and geographical factors which an organisation need to look into when choosing a city for their DC. The model discussed in the paper provides a general framework and can be adopted by a company operating in any industry and any country.

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, Mar 20, 2015

ABSTRACT

2012 Proceedings of Picmet 12 Technology Management For Emerging Technologies, 2012

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Jan 28, 2010

Increasing use of renewable sources has a vital importance in mitigating increasing energy demand... more Increasing use of renewable sources has a vital importance in mitigating increasing energy demand and global warming. The limited reserves and negative environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel consumption make the renewable energy sources considerable alternatives in case environmental externalities are taken into consideration. Pricing models for renewable energy alternatives are commonly based on the same fundamentals as the fossil fuels, but this approach neglects some of the characteristics that are unique to renewable energy alternatives. In order to develop more accurate pricing models these unique variables which are mostly considered as market externalities need to be integrated in the current forms of pricing models. The originality of this work is its ability to combine social, technical, environmental and economic aspects using analytic network process in order to provide a more holistic point of view on factors impacting renewable energy pricing through a comparison of two case studies. United States (U.S.) and Turkey are the two cases analyzed in this paper. U.S. represents a developed economy whereas Turkey represents a developing economy. It is expected that the results of this work would be helpful for further research in understanding the dynamics behind pricing mechanism of the renewable sources in different environments. For instance, fundamental differences in relative importance of pricing factors between two case countries have been identified as different levels of enforcement through laws and regulations, impact of geographic characteristics on site selection and job opportunities created through new investments.► Multi perspective analysis ► Analytic network application ► Comparison of Turkey and USA

International Journal of Society Systems Science, 2008

... innovation activity measured by US patent activity. Patent counts are used as measurement of ... more ... innovation activity measured by US patent activity. Patent counts are used as measurement of research output (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html). H03:Nanotechnology innovation is not related to NSF research expenditures. ...

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy

ABSTRACT

2008 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008

It is critical for technology-driven organizations to have access to intelligence on the progress... more It is critical for technology-driven organizations to have access to intelligence on the progress of research and development (R&D) in public or private laboratories. Technology forecasting methods can be useful in these cases if there is a history of performance. However the traditional forecasting methods can not be used effectively for predicting the prospects of emerging technologies as historical information

Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy, 2008

Technology Management" is a dynamically evolving discipline that integrates the technology-domina... more Technology Management" is a dynamically evolving discipline that integrates the technology-dominated "world of the engineer" with management. The field is distinguishable from its neighbor disciplines through characteristic research questions, specialized periodicals, and more than 200 educational programs. Currently, the field changes its face and increasingly focuses on the service industry. It thus reflects the blurring boundaries between "services" and "goods" companies and the service sector's growing dependency on (information) technology. This paper describes these changes and presents contributions of Technology Management to SSEM. Based on these findings and a survey of industry needs in the "silicon forest", it outlines an agenda for education and research.