This research consists of two sets of projects that address interrelated issues in innovation and innovation management.

The first project involves the development of a framework, called the Innovation Cube, that captures key drivers that make innovations commercially successful. This is the basis for developing the next part of the innovation framework called the Innovation Engine. The Innovation Engine defines a mechanism for generating and identifying candidates for new innovations. The final part is a mechanism for prioritising the candidates for innovations with respect to a firm's goals and competencies.

The second collection of projects is related to innovation management. The first study in this set proposes a conceptual framework for innovation management. The second study proposes a model for technology and innovation transfer. The third study explores the intellectual property issues related to globalise innovation.

Selected Publications

[1] Narasimhalu, A. D. Management of Technology Deployed in Service Innovations.  Annual PICMET Conference, Capetown, South Africa,  July 2008.

[2] Narasimhalu, A. D. A Maturity Model for Innovation Management. Annual Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), 2008.

[3] Narasimhalu, A. D. Innovation Stack – Choosing Innovations for Commercialization. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), 2007.

[4] Narasimhalu, A. D. Designing the Value Curve for Your Next Innovation. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), 2007.

[5] Narasimhalu, A. D. Innovation Engine. Annual Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), 2007.

[6] Narasimhalu, A. D. Management of Innovation within Firms – Some Key Challenges. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2006.

[7] Narasimhalu, A. D. Innovation Cube: Triggers, Drivers and Enablers for Successful Innovations. Annual Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), 2005.

Projects, Presentations and Posters

1. Narasimhalu, A.D., A Framework for Bridging Academic and Industry Networks to Foster Innovation, presented at ISPIM 2006.
2. Narasimhalu, A.D., Designing the Value Curve for Your Next Innovation, presented at PICMET 2007.
3. Narasimhalu, A.D., Innovation Stack, presented at PICMET 2007.
4. Narasimhalu, A.D., Innovation Engine, presented at ISPIM 2007.
5. Narasimhalu, A.D., Open Innovation: Developing New Products and Services through Collaboration, presented at ISPIM 2007.
6. Narasimhalu, A.D., A Maturity Model for Innovation Management, presented at ISPIM 2008.
7. Narasimhalu, A.D., Crossing the Chasm: The XID Story (presentation)
8. Narasimhalu, A.D., Re-engineering XID Technologies - From Enterprise to Consumer Markets (presentation)