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Lean Six Sigma Improve Phase Tollgate Templates are a guide to Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Projects. Lean Six Sigma Practitioners use the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze,... more

Lean Six Sigma Improve Phase Tollgate Templates are a guide to Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Projects. Lean Six Sigma Practitioners use the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) Phases. The Lean Six Sigma Improve Phase Tollgate Templates include the most common tools used in the Improve Phase. There are Backup Slides that include the tools and templates of Optional or less often tools. There are guidelines in the notes section. These templates are used to document Lean Six Sigma Projects as they are executed. There are checklists and guides to ensure the Improve Phase is completed and approved before moving to the next process improvement phase. I wish you well on your projects. Steven Bonacorsi, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

ABSTRACT Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview (Case Study) Templates are a guide to Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Projects. Lean Six Sigma Practitioners use the DMAIC (Define,... more

ABSTRACT Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview (Case Study) Templates are a guide to Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Projects. Lean Six Sigma Practitioners use the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) Phases. The Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview (Case Study) include the most common tools used in the DMAIC Phases. There are Backup Slides that include the tools and templates of Optional or less often tools. There are guidelines in the notes section. These templates are used to document Lean Six Sigma Projects as they are executed. I wish you well on your projects. Steven Bonacorsi, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Innovation is a driving force for the prosperity of organizations, regions and nations. However, innovating in today's context of rapid technological change poses challenges: the life cycle of products and services is becoming shorter and... more

Innovation is a driving force for the prosperity of organizations, regions and nations. However, innovating in today's context of rapid technological change poses challenges: the life cycle of products and services is becoming shorter and shorter while increasing technological integration leads to higher cost of investments in innovation and more uncertain return. Thus, many organizations understand the benefits of opening their innovation processes, seeking to innovate through collaboration with external agents, under the Open Innovation model. Dynamic capabilities are intangible assets that allow resource orchestration inside and outside the organization, which is needed for Open Innovation and adaptation of organizations to the contemporary complex environment. Open Innovation depends on Dynamic Capabilities, hence one needs to identify Dynamic Capabilities that are relevant to the process of Open Innovation with particular criteria and methodological rigor. Intellectual capital represents the intangible assets of an organization. An intellectual capital model, in this case, a consolidated model such as the Intellectus® model, offers a solid basis for the analysis of Dynamic Capabilities relative to Open Innovation. This qualitative research aimed to propose a conceptual framework for the identification and understanding of Dynamic Capabilities for Open Innovation. The type of Open Innovation, which is the scope of this work, is collaborative R&D involving monetary transaction with benefits for the partners involved. The type of innovation addressed by this research is technological innovation. This research has confirmed that Dynamic Capabilities play a central role in open innovation processes. It identifies, defines and represents forty Dynamic Capabilities for Open Innovation in a framework soundly based on consolidated theories: innovation (and Open Innovation); Dynamic Capabilities and their three classes according to Teece (2007); and intellectual capital. It presents and explains the interrelationship between the three theories. By linking Dynamic Capabilities and Open Innovation, it helps to fill a knowledge gap identified in the literature, and advance knowledge of Innovation, Dynamic Capabilities and Intellectual Capital. As a practical result, this research contributes to organizations in general and Innovation Systems with interest in participating in collaborative innovation processes, based both
on discussions in the dissertation, and the "Orchestrating Innovation" framework resulting from the research. The present work achieved its objectives: it identified relevant Dynamic Capabilities for Open Innovation; analyzed Dynamic Capabilities identified in the Intellectus® intellectual capital model; discussed the relationship between the concepts Dynamic Capabilities, Open Innovation and Intellectual Capital; confirmed the suitability of the elements identified in the research to the practical reality of Open Innovation; created the conceptual framework by identifying and understanding the relevant Dynamic Capabilities for Open Innovation. The framework called "Orchestrating Innovation" was used to establish the relationship between the research findings and the underlying theories into a conceptual framework.

Abstract— This paper presents an adaptive control scheme for suppressing jitter in laser beams. The variable-order adaptive controller is based on an adaptive lattice filter that implicitly identifies the disturbance statistics from... more

Abstract— This paper presents an adaptive control scheme for suppressing jitter in laser beams. The variable-order adaptive controller is based on an adaptive lattice filter that implicitly identifies the disturbance statistics from real-time sensor data. The multi-channel adaptive ...

ABSTRACT Even in these financially challenging times, business performance always comes down to a firm's competitive advantages. Subsequently, how can companies sustain a long-run competitive advantage, especially in the face... more

ABSTRACT Even in these financially challenging times, business performance always comes down to a firm's competitive advantages. Subsequently, how can companies sustain a long-run competitive advantage, especially in the face of increasing competition? Apart from the pat answer that innovation is critical to organizational survival, we argue that it is the innovation process and how companies manage it that forms the foundation of a resilient organization. Our research finds that organizational innovation processes take three main forms: reactive, proactive, and anticipatory innovators. It is from anticipatory innovators that resilient organizations emerge. Here, resilient organizations not only anticipate the needs of buyers but do so by creating an innovation orientation within the firm's culture. This culture-based focus goes beyond any specific innovation; it directs leaders to create an organizational culture that is receptive to innovative ideas and to the changes they produce. Here, the competitive advantage is not so much innovation per se but the organization's ability to continuously create competitive advantages based on innovations.

This article analyzes the modern university as a driver of economicgrowth within the framework of the concept of university 3.0 (education,research, and the commercialization of knowledge). It is shown howuniversity 3.0 is becoming the... more

This article analyzes the modern university as a driver of economicgrowth within the framework of the concept of university 3.0 (education,research, and the commercialization of knowledge). It is shown howuniversity 3.0 is becoming the basis for the global competitiveness ofnational economies and supranational associations, and how its entre-preneurial ecosystem forms new, fast-growing industries, promising tech-nological markets, and leading administrative-territorial spaces.

The study habits of millennial students are quite different from the students of past times. The new university student generations will need new teaching approaches adapted to their technological skills, with lap tops, tablets,... more

The study habits of millennial students are quite different from the students of past times. The new university student generations will need new teaching approaches adapted to their technological skills, with lap tops, tablets, smartphones, and so on, as tools for learning as its own pace, everywhere. In this communication, the adaptation of a collection of study materials, used in an Inorganic Chemistry Foundations topic, for their use in mobile learning and/or BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) strategy is presented. The materials are suited for the understanding of inorganic crystalline solids which, having crystalline structures (long range order), seem so difficult to visualize with 2D figures, as to understand their structural characteristics. The format of these materials was initially in PDF documents with 2D figures used for constructing models with little balls, following the steps in the text, on-site class in the laboratory. Later, the use of web pages with Java applets, runn...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set out the process by which a smart specialisation strategy was developed for a small, peripheral economy in the European Union, the Republic of Malta. It assesses the applicability of the... more

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set out the process by which a smart specialisation strategy was developed for a small, peripheral economy in the European Union, the Republic of Malta. It assesses the applicability of the approach in the context of a micro-economy with an industrial structure based on a small number of foreign direct investments and a predominance of micro-enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows an action research approach by presenting as a case study the process by which the strategy for Malta was assessed and developed through successive rounds of engagement with business and other actors with the application of scenarios and other prioritisation approaches to facilitate its development. An initial consultation with 20 public sector and representative organisations was followed by a general business workshop and 21 sectoral focus groups. Findings – Lack of critical mass can be mitigated by maximising the generic use of available ski...

This paper examines the criteria used in the assessment and rating of institutions of higher education in Malaysia conducted by the Research University (RU) Auditors and the National Accreditation Board. Some remarks on the comparison of... more

This paper examines the criteria used in the assessment and rating of institutions of higher education in Malaysia conducted by the Research University (RU) Auditors and the National Accreditation Board. Some remarks on the comparison of these two sets of criteria and their indicators to the criteria used in the evaluation of a nation’s competitiveness is made.

The aim of this paper is to assess the role of science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in addressing the challenges of global economic restructuring by small developing states like the Caribbean region. The key observation is... more

The aim of this paper is to assess the role of science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in addressing the challenges of global economic restructuring by small developing states like the Caribbean region. The key observation is that in the last two to three ...

Advances in information and communication technology are changing organisations, includ-ing those in educational settings. Old practices are being altered, and new practices, spaces and possibilities created. The changes are such that it... more

Advances in information and communication technology are changing organisations, includ-ing those in educational settings. Old practices are being altered, and new practices, spaces and possibilities created. The changes are such that it is timely to consider whether our ...

This book describes and analyzes critical aspects of the labor market and social protection in the Arab world. The authors address the interrelationship between labor, human development, and social well-being in the Middle East and North... more

This book describes and analyzes critical aspects of the labor market and social protection in the Arab world. The authors address the interrelationship between labor, human development, and social well-being in the Middle East and North Africa region -- an interaction that is viewed against the backdrop of a globalization process that is a crucial shaping factor in national and international relations alike. The authors scrutinize the implications for workers of the new forms of insecurity being ushered in by the globalization era. At the forefront is the issue of social protection, which creates several dilemmas for policymakers, since formal social security covers only a small percentage of the labor force. The idea of social reinsurance, which would integrate the informal sector and allow for social dialog, emerges at various levels, and there is general agreement that any such dialog, or new social contract, must include government, the private sector, and civil society.

This paper examines the arguments underpinning the smart specialisation concept, an idea which originally emerged from the sectoral growth literature, and one which has recently been applied with to the regional policy context. The shift... more

This paper examines the arguments underpinning the smart specialisation concept, an idea which originally emerged from the sectoral growth literature, and one which has recently been applied with to the regional policy context. The shift from a sectoral to a regional context appears prima facie to be quite straightforward but this paper explains that translating the idea to a regional policy context is rather more complex that it at first appears and implies some changes in both interpretation and implications. The outcomes of this are that in a regional policy setting the smart specialisation logic is seen to be broadly consistent with the overall reforms of EU Cohesion Policy. However, in a regional policy setting there is no reason why ICTs should be prioritised over many forms of intangible capital, and the promotion of technological diversification via entrepreneurship may need to be related to specific sectors or activities.