Innovation and Ontologies - Structuring the Early Stages of Innovation Management

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Overview Contents

Contents

Abbreviations

Figures

Tables

Preface

1 Point of Departure

2 Research Objectives and Structure

3 Outline of Thesis

Part I Roadmap for the Fuzzy Front End

1 Innovation

2 Roadmap for the Fuzzy Front End

3 Summary of FFE Roadmap

Part II Ontology

1 Concept Formation

2 Deployment in Business

3 Potential of Ontologies

4 Elements of Ontologies

5 Classification – The OntoCube

Part III Design Science Ontology Lifecycle

1 Multimethodological Background

2 Empirical Approach

Part IV Results: The OntoGate

1 Results of Prepare

2 Results of Develop/ Build

3 Results of Justify/ Evaluate

Conclusion

1 Synopsis of Thesis

2 Résumé

3 Outlook

Annex

1 Glossary of Informal Taxonomy

2 References

3 Index