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OVERVIEW: In 2013, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) commissioned the IRI2038 foresight project to research how developments in technology, business processes, regulation and other spheres will impact the art and science of research and technology management over the next 25 years. That study defined three scenarios likely to shape the innovation process in coming years. One of those scenarios was the Hollywood model, in which scientists, engineers, and innovators no longer work for a single firm but rather contract out their services to individual projects and then move on to other projects and companies. Over the course of six months, an IRI Research working group conducted four workshops with R&D leaders at IRI member companies to explore how talent management would be affected in this scenario. The workshops identified challenges and opportunities associated with the Hollywood model as a paradigm for industrial R&D, focused around eight critical aspects of current talent management practice. Although the Hollywood model faces significant infrastructure and legal impediments today, its employment of external R&D workers with diverse experiences and perspectives is likely to create a greater opportunity for significant innovation. KEYWORDS: Hollywood model, Talent management, Futures, IRI2038, IRI Research, It has become cliche to open a paper on innovation management with the observation that the competitive environment is changing at a rapid pace and in every direction. That business [...]

The impacts of synchrous launching of brand extensions on their evaluations are invesigated through three experiments. It was found that the simultaneous launch has a positive effect only when the products are complimentary and do not belong to the same category. The occurence of synergy effects in the completion of related products is examined.

The IAEA held the IAEA Robotics Challenge 2017 (IRC2017) to protect workers during inspections of spent nuclear fuel and to improve work efficiency and accuracy rates. To this end, we developed an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) system called the spent fuel check vehicle (SCV). The SCV extracts and tracks the target through image processing, and it is necessary to find suitable parameters for the SNF storage environment in advance. This preliminary work takes time. It is also difficult to prepare the environment in which the work will proceed. In addition, if the preliminary work does not proceed as planned, the system will not move at the proper speed and will become unstable, with yawing and overshoot. To solve this problem, we developed a controller with a camera that can extract the depth at which the target is stored and allow distance-adaptive control. This controller is able to attenuate system instability factors such as yawing and overshoot better than existing controllers by continuously changing system operation parameters according to the depth. In addition, the time required for preliminary work during inspections can be shortened.

The present study focuses on the development of an equipment qualification (EQ) testing facility for Class 1E equipment in nuclear power plants (NPPs), emphasizing the need to ensure safety functions under design basis events (DBEs). The Republic of Korea (ROK) has implemented international safety standards to support large NPP projects, necessitating the development of domestic EQ testing facilities to reduce the dependence on foreign facilities. To address this need, herein, a specialized facility capable of simulating harsh DBE conditions that may occur in NPPs in ROK was constructed. Through exhaustive research, target temperature and pressure profiles were developed for pressurized water reactors, and a superheated steam injection technique was devised for rapid temperature and pressure changes. The present study contributes to the advancement of domestic EQ testing capabilities, achieving up to 230°C and 700 kPa within 30 s.

SUMMARY: This study examines whether auditors' industry expertise is negatively associated with underpricing of seasoned equity offerings (SEO) and whether the association between auditors' industry expertise and SEO underpricing changes around the global financial crisis (GFC). Using a sample of 2,028 SEO observations from 2001 to 2013, we document that in the pre-GFC period, auditors' industry expertise is negatively associated with SEO underpricing, but not during the post-GFC period. Industry-specialist auditors are also associated with higher earnings response coefficients in the pre-GFC period, but not in the post-GFC period. These results suggest that the GFC affected investor confidence in industry-specialist auditors in the capital markets.JEL Classifications:G01; G14; M42.

Nuclear power plants play a pivotal role in the global energy infrastructure, fulfilling a substantial share of the world's energy requirements in a sustainable way. The management of these facilities, especially the handling of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), necessitates meticulous inspections to guarantee operational safety and efficiency. However, the prevailing inspection methodologies lean heavily on human operators, which presents challenges due to the potential hazards of the SNF environment. This study introduces the design of a novel Pre-Batched Inspection Strategy (PBIS) that integrates robotic automation and image processing techniques to bolster the inspection process. This methodology deploys robotics to undertake tasks that could be perilous or time-intensive for humans, while image processing techniques are used for precise identification of SNF targets and regulating the robotic system. The implementation of PBIS holds considerable promise in minimizing inspection time and enhancing worker safety. This paper elaborates on the structure, capabilities, and application of PBIS, underlining its potential implications for the future of nuclear energy inspections.

Recently, an active safety system based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication was introduced to minimize the threat of car accidents on the road and to overcome the limitations of the current sensor-based advanced driver assist system. In order to implement the system based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication, target classification is the key layer to be developed. In this study, based on the transmitted path history of the remote vehicles, the road geometry around the host vehicle is reconstructed without in-vehicle sensors such as vision cameras. A tracking algorithm for the remote vehicle is formulated in order to predict its position continuously by using an extended Kalman filter. A local map is obtained with an outlier filter, and the target classification algorithm is designed from vehicle-to-vehicle communication data. The proposed algorithms are validated by simulations and experiments carried out using test vehicles.

Felines use their spinal column to increase their running speed at rapid locomotion performance. However, its motion profile behavior during fast gait locomotion has little attention. The goal of this study is to examine the relative spinal motion profile during two different galloping gait speeds. To understand this dynamic behavior trend, a dynamic motion of the feline animal (Felis catus domestica) was measured and analyzed by motion capture devices. Based on the experiments at two different galloping gaits, we observed a significant increase in speed (from 3.2 m·s−1to 4.33 m·s−1) during the relative motion profile synchronization between the spinal (range: 118.86° to 168.00°) and pelvic segments (range: 46.35° to 91.13°) during the hindlimb stance phase (time interval: 0.495 s to 0.600 s). Based on this discovery, the relative angular speed profile was applied to understand the possibility that the role of the relative motion match during high speed locomotion generates bigger ground reaction force.

요 약본 연구는 Hoffman and Novak (1996) 을 중심으로 마케팅 분야에서 연구되기 시작하는 flow 개념을 인터.넷 환경에서 소비자들의 구매의도 관련변수를 중심으로 하여 지각된 위험 관여도와 서비스품질에 어떠,; 한 영흥k올 미치며 더 나아가 구매의도에 미치는 영향력을 파악하고자 연구툴 진행하였다. 본 연구의 구체적인 목적은 첫째, 선행연구를 기초로 전자상거래에서 flow 개념율 이해하기 위해 기존 i i 의 flow 관련 연구툴 살펴보고, 숙련도와 도전감으로 분류한다. 둘째, flow개념미 지각위험, 관여도 더 나 flow 아가 구매의도와의 상호관계룰 정립하여 이를 모형화하고 검증한다. 즉, flow의 구성 요인인 숙련도, 도전 i; 감에 있어서 지각된 품질, 지각된 위험과 관여도와의 영향관계훌륭 파악하고 구매의도와의 영향관계를 알 ii 아보고자한다.따라서 본 연구에서는 인터넷 환경에서 소비자의 구매행동을 파악하고 특히 어떤 요인들이 소비자들의 flow 구매의도룰 결정짓는지를 알아보기 위하여 최근에 연구되고 있는 flow개념이라는 이론적 톨에 바탕을 두 !j 어 소비자 구매의도 결정요인들을 분석하고자 한다. 연구 결과 숙련도와 도전감이 높율수록 관여도와 지 ij 각된 품질은 증가하고 숙련도는 도전감보다 지각된 위험에 부의 영흥t올 미치며, 지각된 품질은 관여도와 : i 구매의도에, 지각된 위험은 구매의도에, 관여도는 구매의도에 유의한 영흥k율 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

In this paper we assess the utility of the curriculum vita (CV) as a data source for examining the career paths of scientists and engineers. CVs were obtained in response to an email message sent to researchers working in the areas of biotechnology and microelectronics. In addition, a number of CVs were obtained "passively" from a search of the Internet. We discuss the methodological issues and problems of this data collection strategy and the results from an exploratory analysis using OLS regression and event history analysis. In sum, despite difficulties with coding and variation in CV formats, this collection strategy seems to us to hold much promise.

Abstract: This study investigated students’ responses to presentations of experimental results that conflicted with their preconceptions regarding electric circuits, and how those responses varied according to the type of inquiry skills required to obtain the results. One hundred and twenty students of both sexes were randomly selected from a science high school in Korea. They were questioned about their preconceptions regarding an electric circuit and forty-two students with relevant misconceptions were selected. The students were randomly assigned to two groups, and presented with one of two sheets of paper presenting results obtained by a fictional investigator. The first group was presented with results that were obtained by simple observation and asked for their evaluation of them. The second group was presented with a set of results that were obtained by controlling variables, and asked to draw a conclusion and to evaluate it. Students’ responses were classified into two categories. Some students rejected their own preconceptions and introduced a new explanatory model when contradictory results were presented, and others denied the results for the simple reason that they conflicted with their preconceptions, or only modified a protective belt without changing their core of preconceptions. We found that this distribution of responses varied considerably by inquiry skill type. For the results obtained by controlling variables, almost all students accepted them and changed their preconceptions, but for the results obtained by simple observation, fifty-five percent of students preserved their own preconceptions by denying the contradictory results or modifying the protective belt.