Exploring the Process of Green Knowledge Value Chain Development- A Case Study of Promoting Program for Cross-Field Creative Scenario Value-Adding of MOST

Abstract

The research introduces one of the potential ways for the development of the green innovative products and processes on the example of Promoting Program for Cross-Field Creative Scenario Value-Adding of MOST The model that is discovered and introduced in the research is green knowledge value chain the main aim of which is to describe and encourage the cross-field innovation through the interdisciplinary collaboration The research has adapted qualitative design focused on cases selected from teams participated in the promoting program Data collected through secondary sources of project reports with in-depth interviews of expert panel and the data was coded based on the green knowledge value chain framework The expert panel meeting was used to evaluate all the project teams’ reports and discuss the related steps of each project that fit in the knowledge value chain framework which consists of three major parts: paper prototype business and technical feasibility and prototype development Further based on the data collected and described by the expert panel the leading result of each team was coded into the green knowledge value chain framework where the data was organized based on supportive activities and after that the primary activities were explored Then the expert panel was called up again to examine the accuracy of the coding process for each team Conclusion and discussion of the green knowledge value chain development was further presented

Date of Award	2014 Jul 30
Original language	English
Supervisor	Shu-Hui Chen (Supervisor)