Welcome to IRI

The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) is the only association of companies and federal laboratories uniting innovation leaders from diverse industries and across all research and development (R&D) functions to create and exchange knowledge on improving their organization’s technology management capabilities.

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Learning Center

IRI offers the tools to manage a complex and dynamic innovation portfolio from peer-reviewed journal articles to on-demand conferences.

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Membership

Membership with IRI places your organization among the most innovative private-sector companies and federally funded laboratories and government agencies in the world today. Membership presents easy access to an extensive community of R&D and innovation experts.

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Events

Brown Bag - The Role of Leadership in Innovation

Friday September 08, 2017 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Discuss results of a quantitative study examining the relationship between organizational culture, leadership behaviors, and innovativeness. Findings point to three leadership dimensions that lead to an organization being considered innovative by its employees.

2017 Member Summit

Monday October 02, 2017 – Thursday October 05, 2017
Powered largely by content developed within IRI, the Summit is an in-depth exploration of various working group findings and special reports on IRI's year-long initiative on "Stragegic Challenges in R&D Talent Management."
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Engage in this learning-rich environment of knowledge creation, exchange, and collaboration via virtual or in-person interactions. Strengthen your business relationships while expanding your organization’s innovation performance.

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RTM

Research-Technology Management (RTM), is IRI’s bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal written by and for innovation and R&D practitioners. RTM has been helping leaders of research, development, innovation, and engineering for nearly 60 years.

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