A Study on the Activities During the Fuzzy Front End in New Product Development Projects of Korean ICT Firms

Although previous studies on Korean manufacturing firms have empirically analyzed the causal relationship between activities during the FFE(Fuzzy Front End)and success of NPD(New Product Development)of Korean manufacturing firms,no study has concretely focused on Korean ICT(Information and Communications Technology)firms and their FFE activities.The main aim of this study is to identify the activities of these firms during their FFE and provide managerial insights into the other ICT firms.The authors conducted a survey(106 valid responses)that their FFE activities on new product development project managers in Korean ICT firms.The results showed that even though new product development managers of Korean ICT firms did not search for ideas systemically,they communicated with those departments/divisions that had frequent interaction with customers for idea assessment,with the active involvement of middle-or higher-level managers.They thoroughly established initial plans in the pre-development stages and seriously analyzed competitors’products and direct and indirect customer interactions in their market survey activities.

Analysis of Budget and Cost Control of New Green Building Projects

With the increment of public awareness toward ecological environment protection,green building has gradually become an integral part of construction development.Green building refers to a form of architecture that conforms to the current social development form and meets the requisites of energy conservation and environmental protection.The budget and cost control of green building construction project play very important roles in improving the quality of the construction and reducing the cost of the project.This paper mainly analyzes the problems and control measures in the new green building engineering budget and cost control.

LEAPS IN G.D.-H.K. COOPERATION FOLLOWING RETURN——Report on Guangdong High New Technology Projects Investment Symposium '97

Hongkong’s smooth return creates vast prospect and numerous opportunities for Guangdong-Hongkong economic cooperation. Over the past decade the cooperation has gone a long way, from non-governmental to governmental, from processing trade to high technology. Presently, it has become a highprofile activity which covers various areas.More than 20,000 representatives from 5,063 corporations participated the symposium. And 1,559 agreements, involving $ 13.159 billion, were signed. Of the investment, $8.7851 billion, or 66.8 per cent is from overseas investors. Of the agreements, 810 or 65 per cent, are high new

Development of Human Resources for GEN （Generation） II1＋ New Build Projects

After a long period without new NPPs （nuclear power plants） being designed or constructed in Europe, new build projects have been prepared, planned and are now under construction. The majority of these projects involve a new design with an enhanced level of safety, called GEN （Generation） III＋. Although the serious events at the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi NPP caused by a tsunami led to a reduction in the number of new projects or even a phase out of nuclear power in some countries, only a slight reduction or delay of projects is expected globally. GEN III＋ new build projects give rise to several economical, technical, human resource and organizational challenges. The paper starts with a discussion of these challenges and presents several activities that have been started to deal with them. It focuses on the development of human resources, coordinated approach of operators and suppliers can lead to the needs-oriented human resources development. particularly with operators and suppliers of GEN III＋ NPPs. Only a successful execution of these projects. The focus must be on the

A hybrid heterogeneous Pythagorean fuzzy group decision modelling for crowdfunding development process pathways of fintech‑based clean energy investment projects

This study aims to evaluate the crowdfunding alternatives regarding new service development process pathways of clean energy investment projects.In this framework,a new model has been generated by considering the consensus-based group decisionmaking with incomplete preferences,Pythagorean fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory(DEMATEL)and technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution(TOPSIS).Moreover,a comparative evaluation has been performed with Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija I.Kompromisno Resenje methodology and sensitivity analysis has been made by considering 4 different cases.The main contribution is to identify appropriate crowdfunding-based funding alternatives for the improvement of the clean energy investments with a novel MCDM model.By considering the iteration technique and consensus-based analysis,the missing parts in the evaluations can be completed and opposite opinion problems can be reduced.Furthermore,with the help of hybrid MCDM model by combining DEMATEL and TOPSIS,more objective results can be reached.It is concluded that the analysis results are coherent and reliable.The findings indicate that the full launch is the most significant criterion for equity and debt-based crowdfunding alternatives.On the other side,the analysis has the highest weight for reward and donation-based alternatives whereas design is the most essential item regarding the royalty-based alternative.Additionally,it is also defined that equity-based crowdfunding alternative is the most significant for the service development process of clean energy investment projects.In this way,it will be possible to provide a continuous resource for clean energy investment projects.On the other hand,by providing financing with equity,there will be no fixed financing cost for clean energy investors.If these investors make a profit,they distribute dividends with the decision of their authorized bodies.

Risk Management： A New Project Management Perspective

Risk management in Botswana has been very ineffective at assisting projects to be on time, on budget, and meeting client＇s/buyer＇s expectations. Traditional risk management attempts to manage, control, and direct a project through various phases, from planning and design, through procurement, and to construction. However, the risk management in Botswana seems to be either not implemented or not successful. The project performance in Botswana has a poor performance record. The researchers are attempting to identify why the traditional project/risk management is not working. In analyzing the problem in Botswana, the researchers discovered that the traditional risk management model was theoretically unsound, and designed a new project and risk model, with an entirely different approach to risk. The new model is an outgrowth of the highly successful Performance Information Procurement System （PIPS） and the Information Measurement Theory （IMT）/Kashiwagi Solution Model （KSM） concepts. The approach has been presented to some Botswana clients and academics and has received a favorable response. The development of the new risk model will lead to a huge change in the paradigm for delivering projects in Botswana. The theoretical development of the new risk model is ongoing at the University of Botswana as a part of a doctoral dissertation.

A Study on the Funding Management of Agricultural Scientific Research Project in the New Situation

The agricultural scientific research project funding is an important prerequisite for the implementation of agricultural scientific research project,and an essential basic condition to support agricultural research. In recent years,China has paid great attention to the development of scientific research,and increased the input of scientific research funds,but there are some shortcomings in funding management during the implementation of the project. Based on many years of practice,this paper expounds the main problems in the current funding management for agricultural scientific research project,and brings forward the relevant recommendations,in order to provide a reference for the scientific management of agricultural scientific research project funding in the new situation.

LIRR "R&D and Industrialization of High PerformanceFunctional Refractories for Metallurgy New Technology" Project Gained Fund Support

Checked by Henan Province Development and Relbrm Commission and Henan Province MunicipalFinance （）ffice, the “R ＆ I） and Industrialization of High Performance Functional Refractories for Metallurgy New Technology” project declared by 1,1RR gained a special fund support on self-renovation and products structure adjustment. The project will realize the technology integration and industriali-zation of key refractories including purging component, metering nozzle and toil and belt continuous casting nozzle, etc. through building high performance functional refractories production lines for metallurgy new technology.

Three Gorges Project & New Yichang

The two renowned water control projects on the Yangtze River—— the Gezhouba Water Control Project and the Three Gorges Water Control Project——are both in Yichang attracting world attention for the region. The Yichang Sub-Council of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT Yichang Sub-Council) and the Yichang Chamber

A New Optical Cable Communications Project

A key project of the state, the Beijing-Taiyuan-Xi’an optical cable communications trunk, is one of the 22 optical cables planned to be laid by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications during the Eighth Five Year. Plan. This communication cable trunk covers a distance of 1771 km, starting from Beijing and going via Hebei and Shanxi to Xi’an in Shaanxi, linking two provincial capitals, one municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the central government, seven other cities and 32 counties.

Housing Project——New Spotlight of China's Real Estate Industry

Real estate has been one of the fastest growing sectors in China since its opening to the outside world. The sustained, steady growth of the national economy has provided favourable conditions for the rapid growth of the real estate industry, and the higher profits anticipated have attracted a large volume of overseas capital into the industry. Various real estate companies have flourished, and a number of luxury hotels, villas and holiday

Electron Beam Desulfurization Project of Chengdu Cogeneration Power Plant Started Construction - A new cooperation in environment protection between China and Japan

On March 25 1996, the electron beam flue gas desulfurization demonstration project of Chengdu Cogeneration Power Plant started formal construction This is at present the largest electron beam desulfurization project in power plants in the world, and is jointly constructed by Sichuan Electric Power Bureau and the EBARA Works of Japan, This is an important cooperation project in environment protection between

SHEARING LAYERS CONCEPT AND LEED GREEN BUILDINGS IN BOTH RATING SCHEMES AND CERTIFIED PROJECTS

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED)for New Construction and Major Renovations v3(NC)and LEED for Existing Buildings:Operations and Maintenance v3(EB)schemes were studied to examine the application of the shearing layer concept to green buildings.The manners in which(i)rating systems in their current configurations and(ii)certified projects in their practical applications treated the long life-expectances in buildings and short life-expectancies in systems were questioned.To maximally reduce nondemonic intrusion,we studied only those states in the United States in which statistically viable numbers of projects had been completed in 2016.A two-way mixed analysis of variance(ANOVA)model was used to evaluate the interaction between two types of buildings(i.e.,NC vs EB)and two sets of sub-layers(i.e.,Site,Structure,and Skin from the Building layer and Services,Space Plane,and Stuff from the Service layer).The discrepancy in the case of a new building and the similarity in the case of a renovated building between rating schemes and certified projects were revealed:(i)the NC rating scheme prefers to emphasize the Service layer(SL),whereas newly constructed projects prefer to emphasize the Building layer(BL)due to the high performance of the Site and Structure sub-layers;(ii)the EB rating scheme prefers to emphasize the Service layer,as do renovated building projects,due to the high performance of the Stuff sub-layer.

Implications of NIE Project to Development of Newspapers about Agriculture,Countryside and Farmers

Through analyzing current situations of newspapers about agriculture,countryside and farmers and problems impairing development of these newspapers,this paper presents constructive recommendations for combination with NIE project at operational level.In China,NIE project should not copy foreign experience,but should proceed from rural realities,expend its intension and enrich its extension,and extend coverage of newspaper to all levels in rural areas.In addition,it is recommended to explore new approaches and find a new development road of newspapers about agriculture,countryside and farmers through transforming the publishing mode.

Project软件在新校区建设项目管理中的应用研究

Project软件是一款专业的项目管理工具,能弥补传统项目管理方法无法运用于大型建设项目中的不足。本文将其运用于新校区建设的项目管理中,从业主方项目管理的角度,详细介绍了进度目标和投资目标的动态控制,可为业主方的新校区建设提供参考。

Comparative Study on FFE Activities Between Japanese and Korean NPD Project Success

This study shows the impact of fuzzy front end （FFE） phase during innovation process on new product development （NPD） project success in two East Asian countries--Korea and Japan was explored via employing comparative study. Authors decided to consider two East Asian countries＇ successful periods as comparison samples for the study of this issue. The 1980s are considered to be ＂golden age＂ of Japanese manufacturing firms when they were extremely successful on global market. Korean firms are enjoying competitive advantage in the late 2000s and the beginning of the 2010s. A conceptual model was developed based on previous research. The model was tested using data from 293 Korean manufacturing firms in the late 2000s and from 540 Japanese manufacturing firms in the late 1980s using structural equation modeling （SEM） technique. In both countries, the effect of intensity of planning on efficiency, prior to the development, was high. Moreover, effect of market uncertainties on effectiveness was significant. Therefore, effective initial planning and good analysis of market prior to the development have positive impacts on NPD project success. In the late 80s, in the period of stability of the economy in the world, the Japanese finns were successful concentrating more on FFE activities, such as market and technological research and initial planning. However, in the 2000s when the world economy started to change so fast and the demands for the goods change so fast, the Korean firms became more successful, thanks to flexibility in the system of NPD project strategies where system was not fixed to the initial plans but where the changes within the project execution phase were allowed. Thus Korean and Japanese firms had different strategies in NPD process in the two different periods. Japanese firms were concentrated more on FFE activities and tended to keep initial plans during development process, while the Korean firms were more flexible in project execution phase allowing dramatic changes to the initial plans.

Effective decision-making model for hi-tech new product development

In order to identify the effective decision-making factors at the individual NPD project manager level, a new effective decision-making model has been established by introducing the concept of decision-making effectiveness, analyzing the role of expertise, and identifying the major role of expertise and insight with respect to the interfaces between a new product, an organization, customers, technologies and regulations, for the study of the effective decision-making facilitators and inhibitors for a NPD project. The analysis of the unique task conditions for individual decision-makers shows that perceived complexity, uncertainty and time pressure have their negative effect on the effective decision-making process. It is concluded that the flexible, balanced and appropriate use of rational analysis, common sense and intuition is a key effective decision-making factor, and the psychologically ‘active attitude’ of a manager is also an important factor for successful dealing with the difficult task conditions.

消费中心城市项目布局研究:分类、属性及途径

消费中心城市项目是消费中心聚集消费资源的重要载体,是服务消费者、引领消费潮流、发挥消费影响力的主要方式,项目成功与否是消费中心成败关键。对消费中心城市项目进行不同维度的分类,包括文化消费项目和物质消费项目、服务消费项目和商品消费项目、最终消费项目和中间消费项目、直接消费项目和间接消费项目、必要消费项目和非必要消费项目等,每种分类维度都有一定的分析意义。消费中心城市项目具有多种消费经济发展特性,包括消费的范围经济性、中心的规模经济性、文化消费的无限性和物质消费的有限性、消费的空间协调性、消费的系统制约性。在消费中心城市项目布局中,文化消费是关键,需要重点布局文化消费项目;物质消费带动潜力大,需要全面规划物质消费项目;空间资源紧张、空间成本高,需要通过中心紧密原则布局相关项目;消费系统配套性强,需要对消费中心城市项目进行超前和空间延展性布局;消费中心城市项目经济平衡作用显著,需要在欠发达地区做更多布局。

新工科背景下编译原理教学改革研究

该文剖释传统编译原理教育教学的缺陷,指出为适应计算机人才能力培养和行业需求,在新工科背景下,面向OBE理念,突出交叉融合,充分利用多种教学平台和教学软件,融合案例教学、启发引导、项目驱动和翻转课堂等教学方法进行线上、线下混合教学。培养学生使用编译知识来解决复杂工程问题的能力和主动学习意识,提高课程教学质量,促使学生专业、素质全面发展。

新发展理念下的中国水利投融资模式探索

探讨了新发展理念下中国水利投融资模式的现状、挑战与创新;通过分析当前水利投融资模式发展历程,识别现行模式中存在的主要问题,剖析了新发展理念下的融资模式在绿色发展和可持续发展两方面的需求,并分析了现有融资模式在适应新要求方面的能力和局限;通过国际案例研究,比较了美国、荷兰和新加坡等国在水利投融资方面的成功经验和教训,探讨了这些经验在中国的适用性和必要的调整。提出了制定多维度融资策略、推出鼓励创新和可持续水利项目的激励机制以及积极开展水利基础设施REITs试点推广等优化现有水利投融资政策和法规框架的建议。