Identifying and Sharing the Knowledge Required for Scaling Up Innovative Technologies in the Process Industry

Manjusha Thorpe and Tom Ridgman
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Manjusha Thorpe: Grain Industry Association of Western Australia, South Perth WA 6151, Australia
Tom Ridgman: Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2016, vol. 13, issue 06, 1-22

Abstract: The importance of developing innovative manufacturing technologies in the process industry is increasing in response to environmental concerns. However, scaling up new technologies from the laboratory to the commercial scale is problematic. A unified view on the challenges encountered during scale-up does not appear to exist in the literature. Nevertheless, there is recognition of knowledge gaps and a lack of approaches to knowledge management. This research identifies the knowledge required to carry out scale-up and appropriate knowledge management practices. The findings indicate that the required knowledge does exist to a large extent but that it is not effectively deployed.

Keywords: Scale-up; process innovation; knowledge management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1142/S0219877017500067

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