Title :
The Innovation Process of the Microwave Heat Technology
Author_Institution :
ESC Lille
Abstract :
The objective of this paper is to illustrate a case of process innovation, the microwave heat technology created by a ready-meals producer. The microwave heat treatment is a technological innovation because it has successfully, commercially exploited the microwave oven technology (an invention) as it became embodied into a new process which was new to the world. This paper is structured to facilitate the formation of linkages between innovation theory and the innovation process
Keywords :
food preservation; food processing industry; food products; food safety; heat treatment; industrial economics; innovation management; microwave ovens; organisational aspects; process heating; food safety; heat treatment; innovation process; innovation theory; microwave oven heat technology; ready-meals producer; technological innovation; Companies; Couplings; Electromagnetic heating; Europe; Food industry; Manufacturing industries; Microwave ovens; Microwave technology; Research and development; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for the Global Future, 2006. PICMET 2006
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-14-8
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2006.296614
