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Project management practices to direct and control the project planning and exe...
Rocha, António Miguel Sousa; Romero, Fernando; Miranda, Daniel Abreu; Amorim, Marlene; Lima, Rui M.Projects lead organisations create utility, value and capabilities, by delivering innovative outcomes. Project managers must foster collaboration and people commitment in a coordinated effort involving feasibility and viability assessments and the application of project management practices and processes to kick off, direct, and control its execution. To know and better understand which project management pract...
Quality assurance of product sorting and packaging: a project-based approach to...
Rocha, A.; Sousa, Ana; Pereira, Catarina; Faria, Cecília; Furtado, Liliana; Romero, FernandoAchieving operational excellence and meeting customer demands reliable and accurate product sorting and packaging processes. This entails implementing robust quality control and assurance measures, automated sorting systems, and comprehensive checks. Our research-study focuses on addressing sorting and packaging errors in a manufacturing company through a project-based approach. The current sorting machine's so...
A literature exploration on challenges in open innovation in the public sector
Romero, Fernando; Brilhante, LetíciaThis study develops an Integrated Conceptual Framework for open innovation in the public sector, combining three theoretical lenses: Public Value Theory, Open Innovation in Government, and Collaborative Governance.Through an exploratory literature review, we analyze how this framework addresses persistent innovation barriers including bureaucratic rigidity, risk-averse cultures, and resource constraints. Our fi...
A conceptual model for pull implementation based on the dimensions leadership, ...
Araújo, Ariana Sofia Barroso; Alves, Anabela Carvalho; Romero, FernandoPurpose: This paper aims to present a conceptual model, called LOOP, an acronym for Leadership, Organization, Operation and People, regarding the pull system implementation in Lean companies. Lean should be holistically implemented to achieve the performance for what it is known. Pull is one of the Lean thinking principles, and it is the production control system underneath the Lean philosophy. However, to impl...
Understanding the roles of private consultants as innovation intermediaries in ...
Soares, João; Romero, Fernando; Nunes, Manuel LopesThe fields of innovation systems and technology transfer (TT) have seen growing interest in recent years, especially in the context of open innovation. Private consultants, play a vital role in mediating and facilitating interactions among various stakeholders in the innovation process. However, the specific roles of private consultants as innovation intermediaries have received limited attention in the literat...
Understanding private consultants’ involvement in technology transfer – a case ...
Soares, João; Romero, Fernando; Nunes, Manuel Lopes; Braga, A. C.Purpose: In the realm of innovation systems and technology transfer (TT), the emergence of open innovation and complex market dynamics has amplified innovation intermediaries’ prominence of their role and involvement in TT projects. This study delves into private consultants’ involvement in TT projects, namely in what got them involved by the project’s key stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: An iterative...
Assessment of motivators to enhance the collaboration between organizations and...
Rocha, António; Braga, Ana; Neves, João; Pereira, João; Romero, FernandoThe collaboration with the Polytechnic Institute serves as a catalyst for organizational growth and success. By participating in technology demonstrations, designing tailored training activities, accessing funding programs, hosting interns and students, executing experimental actions, and accessing new technologies, facilities, and equipment, organizations benefit from a holistic approach to innovation. This co...
Exploratory study on adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies by Small and Medium ...
Neto, Acendino; Romero, Fernando; Damasceno, DaisyIndustry 4.0 represents a comprehensive digital transformation in the way companies operate, incorporating advanced technologies. While Industry 4.0 and similar technologies have many conceivable benefits for manufacturing, most of these technologies are developed for or by large companies. This article proposes to investigate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in I...
Collaborative manufacturing and management contextualization in the Industry 4....
Varela, M.L.R.; Putnik, Goran D.; Romero, FernandoCollaboration in the digitalization era is of utmost importance, as it enables sustainable development in the Industry 4.0 (I4.0) context. In this paper, a general view over different approaches and application scenarios of collaboration, along with I4.0-oriented technology that has been put forward is explored, based on a systematic literature review. As a result, it was possible to realize that the wide world...
University technology transfer: assessment of invention disclosures by technolo...
Rocha, António; Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela; Romero, FernandoUniversity technology transfer offices (TTOs) encourage researchers to disclose their inventive results to assess their novelty, industrial applicability, and inventive step to protect and devise a plan to gather the necessary resources for its deployment. To describe the invention disclosure process and to gain knowledge about assessment practices to understand the invention, its market, potential for transfer...