Innovation breakthrough

What is innovation Breakthroughs can happen in a variety of dimensions. These often consist of new compounds, applications, or improved technical processes, but new services and new business models can be just as innovative and value generating (Fig. 13.3). 

The chemical industry has to revitalize the drivers of innovation to proactively generate sustainable competitive advantage. Innovative breakthroughs can happen in a variety of dimensions, including not only new compounds, applications, and processes, but also new services and business models. 

Often the big "ah ha" when applying Heuristic Redefinition is the many new problem statements, or lower-order JTBDs, that pop up as a result of dissecting the high-order JTBD. Just when you thought you knew what you needed to do, Heuristic Redefinition can help you define this in a way that enables real innovation breakthrough at an actionable level. 

Anon, Recognizing the Best in Innovation Breakthrough Catalyst, R D Magazine 2005, September, 20. 

Costs consist of materials cost, ceU/stack fabrication cost, and system cost. Whenever durability has been improved by changing materials or materials processing, usually it costs more due to additional treatments, etc. Thus, there is a trade-off relation between durability and cost To overcome this relation, innovative breakthrough is needed to stage up this relation. 

Fussier, C. with James, P. (1996) Driving Eco-Innovation - A Breakthrough Discipline for Innovation and Sustainability. Pitman PubUshing, London. ISBN 0-273-62207-2. 

Thus, for example, Matutes et al.9 show in a formal model that in basic or breakthrough innovations, protection on the basis of scope generates higher levels of welfare than period-based protection. The reason for this is that the period in which rivals can introduce applications is shorter and the patent holder can decide when to exert his or her rights. Nevertheless, it is also true that this can accelerate developments that do not generate additional value if the calculation of the reward given to the second-level innovator is excessive. The concept of the right reward for the two types of innovation is not easy to put into practice. 

A breakthrough in hydro formylation was achieved with the introduction of a tri-arylphosphine-modified, in particular triphenylphosphine-modified, rhodium catalyst. [5] This innovation provided simultaneous improvements in catalyst stability, reaction rate and process selectivity. Additionally, products could be separated from catalyst under hydro formylation conditions. One variant is described as Gas Recycle (Figure 2.1) since the products are isolated from the catalyst by vaporization with a large recycle of the reactant gases. [6] The recycle gas is chilled to condense butanals. 

PMN costs could choke innovation at its most vulnerable stage. A new product must have "breathing room" in which to test its potential for growth. Decisions to discontinue research and development on many chemicals because of higher costs could reduce major technological breakthroughs in the future. 

Hargadon, A. 2003. How Breakthroughs Happen The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate. Boston Harvard Business School Press. 

One of the primary incentives for inter-firm collaboration is organizational learning. Powell Koput (1996) succinctly indicate the motive for these linkages Research breakthroughs demand a range of intellectual and scientific skills that far exceed the capabilities of any one organization. As knowledge is brokered across institutional frames, opportunities for creativity and recombinant innovation are dramatically enabled ... 

The success and breakthrough innovation of Kruder s wave screw was further enhanced by coupling the wave technology with an upstream barrier section and a material reorientation section. The reorientation section was positioned between the barrier section and the wave section. This spin-off technology was patented by Womer, Buck, and Hudak [36] In 2004. Other improvements were patented later [37, 38]. 

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