In this section the research projects for Trans-sector Innovation are listed. The current projects can be found below. The completed research and future research are listed in the subsections.
Trans-sector Innovation Framework
Edgar van Boven: “Society and economy are divided into sectors (e.g. healthcare, education and transport). Governmental laws and regulation control the game, founded on economic rules. Sectors and ministries tend to function as monoliths. Today increasing complexity and work stress discourage a bridging process. Are we grinding to a halt? From a novel network vision and experience from the ICT world, this thesis focuses on a Trans-sector innovation process, taking the Netherlands as an example.”
Evaluating the trans-sector impact of broadband infrastructures.
Antonio Madureira: “Measuring the impact of broadband confronts the same types of measurement challenges that led to the so-called Productivity Paradox of Information Technology (IT), best articulated by economist Roberto Solow’s stating that we see computers everywhere but in the productivity statistics. This project aims to evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of Broadband on the different sectors that constitute our economy and society (e.g. education, healthcare, industry, etc).”
Social Networks (Facebook, Hyves, Digg, LinkedIn)
Norbert Blenn: “Dramatic success of the social networking sites has sparked significant attention in business and academia, as such platforms show a large potential for advertasing revenue and targeted marketing efforts for businesses, and as highly dynamic sites provide a rich data source for academics. Yet, to this day there is a limited amount of research and insights into how these systems work, how users behave and interact on these sites.”
Personal Networks
Javad Vazifehdan: “Liquid Bandwidth or Bandwidth on Demand is a future leading technology in communication networks. This evolution can lead to flexible bandwidth options required for ICT applications ranging from 1Mbs to 1Gbs with 1Mbs steps, which can be realised by using Ethernet technology in Wide Area Networks.”
Business models and process design in trans sectoral environments
The objective of the project is to develop a tool or an architectural approach that combines abstract business model concepts with more practical and operational modeling tools, in order to model the value exchanges within dynamic value webs in trans sectoral environments, on a generic as well as on a process level. This tool not only has to focus on the economic value being exchanged, but also on the dynamic information exchange, resources and capabilities used and on technology enabling these exchange processes.
