The IT industry started software development by using software components to reduce the efforts, the cost of the product and enhance the productivity and quality of the product. The quality and cost of a software product are highly dependent on the quality and cost of the components assembled to produce the product. There exist a variety of parameters for component selection such as usability, ...

The mathematical formalism of quantum resonance combined with tensor product decomposability of unitary evolutions is mapped onto a class of NP-complete combinatorial problems. It has been demonstrated that nature has polynomial resources for solving NP-complete problems and that may help to develop a new strategy for artificial intelligence, as well as to re-evaluate the role of natural select...

Suppliers provide new technology to firms and are important in firms‟ NPD. It is not sufficient for firms to select the most appropriate technology; they must also select the most appropriate supplier for their NPD. The purpose of this licentiate thesis is to map and identify criteria used in the process of selecting a suitable supplier, and explore the role of Purchasing in NPD collaborative p...

the aim of this research is to investigated the effect of food product health claims in consumers evaluation and new products development.  this research attempts to develop quality standards in health food industry done for new product of soya enriched bread. the relationship between factors influencing the evaluation of health claims and new product performance will be investigated. in this c...

This paper investigates the nature of remote and virtual creative interaction; the issues, potential and questions arising in the uniting of a diverse group of people as a collaborative working team in the development of a range of digitally generated products and creative outputs. In the early 20 century Zika Ascher established a textile concept that integrated the provenance of high craft wit...

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Action Regulation Theory is not only a description tool but also a normative guide to efficient and humanized work; it became a foundation of international standards in work design. The regular mode of action regulation is knowledgebased regulation. Innovation in mental work, e.g., product development, follows a hydrid model of action regulation combining knowledge-driven opportunistic sequence...

Boating against the current is one image which generalizes many development processes in socioeconomic fields. Its basic characteristic is that the human can design and implement his advancing strategies initiatively, and the comprehensive environment synthetized by various objective factors has to accept the human choice passively. But the environment can influence the human behaviors in a man...