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Perspectives
China comes calling...Japan's solar energy boom...Kenya becoming an innovation hub...The EU's brain research project...other news.
MaryAnne M. Gobble

From the Editor
User Innovation
James A. Euchner

Point of View
Innovation Economy 2020
Industrial Research Institute

Conversations
User Innovation
Eric von Hippel and Jim Euchner

Vision 2038
Implications Wheels: Structured Brainstorming About the Future
Ted Farrington, Christian Crews, and Jennifer Blenke

Reality Check
Fundamental Limits
Rob Spencer

Forum
Questions and answers from IRI's Community Forum

Resources
The Rise of the User-Manufacturer

Innovation C-Scape
Empowering Users to Rethink Transportation
Bill Coughlin

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Special Issue: User Innovation
Vol. 56, No. 3, May-June 2013
Jim Euchner, Editor-in-Chief
MaryAnn Gobble, Managing Editor

Feature Articles
The Benefits and Challenges of Collaborating with User Communities
Yun Mi Antorini and Albert M. Muñiz Jr. describe how LEGO engaged with user communities to create new products.

Living Labs for User-Driven Innovation: A Process Reference Model
Javier García Guzmán, Alvaro Fernández del Carpio, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, and Manuel Velasco de Diego report on the development of a model for efficient practices to manage living labs.

Exploring Characteristics and Motives of Consumer Innovators: Community Innovators vs. Independent Innovators
Susumu Ogawa and Kritinee Pongtanalert present the results of a study that explores the factors that motivate users to innovate.

The Uses and Risks of Open Innovation
Jim Euchner argues that user innovation, as a radical form of open innovation, can challenge fundamental assumptions about the nature of business and the role of the business model.

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Research-Technology Management is the award-winning, bi-monthly journal of the Industrial Research Institute, published since 1958. It contains peer-reviewed articles covering the entire spectrum of technological innovation, from research and development through product development to marketing. RTM is a leading source of knowledge and best practices on innovation management for leaders of research, development, and engineering worldwide. RTM OnLine is available to subscribers only. If you are not a subscriber, but interested in viewing a sample of selected RTM articles before acquiring a subscription, see our free access issue.

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Upcoming Articles

Remain connected to the steady flow of new ideas, strategies and techniques for leading innovation, technology and R&D. 

  • Targeted Consumer Involvement: An Integral Part of New Product Development 
  • Technology Landscaping: At the Heart of Open Innovation
  • How Hard Can it Be? A Complexity-based View of Technology Projects
  • 20/20 Foresight - New column coming soon!
  • Managing Front-end Innovation Through Idea Markets at Novozymes

Exciting Upcoming Special Issues include:

  • R&D Portfolio Management

Call for RTM Peer Reviewers

We are looking for dynamic individuals from IRI member organizations to help on the RTM Board of Editors team!  We are seeking individuals to assist in the peer review process to help maintain the high quality of RTM articles.  Are you interested in discussing issues of importance in technology management and gaining an edge on valuable practitioner oriented strategies and techniques?  Do you want to be part of a group of R&D leaders engaged in publishing the latest in R&D and innovation management?

If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, please contact MaryAnne Gobble,  Managing Editor, today to find out how you can help!