April 03, 2009
Innovation research at CLIC
During the course of the 2 hosted by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) entitled “Working – Learning – Developing Skills. Potential for Innovation in a Modern Working Environment” and held April 2-3, 2009, CLIC presented current research results from its projects “GENIE” and “OPEN-I”. In these projects, CLIC focuses on the management of open innovation communities in companies and on the management of innovation networks in the software industry. In the project “OPEN-I,” CLIC examines the role of governance and controlling in open innovation communities. Communities offer companies an alternative innovation mechanism to classical research and development departments. By allowing transparency of input and output, controlling concepts based on social software platforms are a central lever in encouraging acceptance of open innovation approaches in companies. CLIC’s “GENIE” project focuses on the stabilization of the German software industry. In an industry that consists mainly of SMEs, innovations are often the result of a combination
of ideas supplied by several parties. Therefore, success depends particularly on the ability to transform joint ideas into new standards. Starting from the recognition that creating cooperations is an essential factor in this process, “GENIE” aims to develop an integrated innovation and competence management system to promote the growth of innovation processes in German software companies. [mehr]
of ideas supplied by several parties. Therefore, success depends particularly on the ability to transform joint ideas into new standards. Starting from the recognition that creating cooperations is an essential factor in this process, “GENIE” aims to develop an integrated innovation and competence management system to promote the growth of innovation processes in German software companies. [mehr]


Following the successful completion of the Travel Guide project, which illustrated Germany’s highly innovative and futureoriented service industry, CLIC at HHL and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have taken on the leadership of the META project “ServProf – Learning and Living Service Professionalism.”
The project is part of the overall program “Innovation through Services” which has been set up and supported by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research). The main goal of the META project will be to promote the communication and exchange of research results among and around the focus groups and their sub-projects. Therefore, there are also plans to establish a communication platform, which will be accessible on the website www.servprof.de before the end of 2009.
A total of 58 sub-projects will concentrate on a variety of service types or industries such
April 1-3, 2009, the Center for Leading Innovation & Cooperation (CLIC) presented the English edition of the publication “Services Made in Germany – A Travel Guide” at the technology Services Europe Conference (TSE) held in Barcelona.
Innovation – ein Wort, das in aller Munde ist. Unternehmen, unabhängig davon, ob sie groß oder klein, lokal oder international orientiert sind, sind sich einig, dass Innovationen über ihre Wettbewerbsfähigkeit entscheiden. Produkt-, Prozessoder Service-Innovationen sind das angestrebte Ziel von Organisationen, ihre Chance, um mit einem ständig komplexer
Die systematische Entwicklung von Dienstleistungsinnovationen ist der Schlüssel zur Erzielung von Wachstum und Wettbewerbsvorteilen für Unternehmen; deshalb kann Innovationsmanagement für Dienstleistungen nicht nach dem Zufallsprinzip gestaltet werden. Im Service Engineering nutzen Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft Erkenntnisse aus den Ingenieurwissenschaften und passen diese den speziellen Eigenschaften von Dienstleistungen an. Hierzu gehören vor allem die Immaterialität sowie die Interaktion mit den Kunden im Generierungsprozess von Services. Was Unternehmen wissen sollten Dienstleistungen können ähnlich systematisch entwickelt werden wie materielle Produkte. Modelle aus dem Service Engineering tragen dazu bei







