January 01, 2007
Global leadership has come to be accepted by many Americans as our country’s birthright. That’s particularly true for science and technology. However, we would be wise to keep in mind that in the...
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May 01, 2017
My grandfather was an inventor. He worked at Kodak during its golden years, where he invented a variety of still camera devices, including an early stereo-imaging camera. When I got to know him, he...
January 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: Many firms rely on a single new-product development process for all projects. But designing new products for different business contexts requires that a firm deploy different new-product...
June 29, 2017
Loss of intellectual capital (IC) is one of the major risks companies can expect to encounter while doing business in a global economy, especially in locales with less-developed respect for...
June 29, 2017
This is the second of two articles describing how IBM tackled the enormous challenge of renewing its mainframe product line for transactions processing during the mid-1990s. To achieve this renewal,...
March 01, 2004
As many industrial organizations have learned to apply roadmapping successfully, they have also learned that it is “roadmapping” rather than “the roadmap” that generates value. This two-part special...
October 10, 2017
With its promise to deliver access to an ‘on demand’ crowd of skilled professionals, the concept of liquid talent, or a liquid workforce, is gaining in popularity. The model, however, comes with a...
Friday January 05, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join us for a replay of this very popular Member Summit presentation and learn how MITRE Corp. has replaced traditional management practices and implemented a new career movement approach.
November 01, 1993
The scorecard of Western firms—be it performance along dimensions such as quality, cycle time and cost, or growth and new business creation—has been less than satisfactory. We need a new approach to...
May 01, 1989
With technology having become a key factor in national survival, it is not surprising that top managers in the United States, Europe and Japan overwhelmingly rank “leveraging of technology for...
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Business unit market share in various product categories measured as appropriate for the industry or category, expressed as a percentage of the total market.
Thursday March 24, 2016 – Thursday March 31, 2016
Join fellow new IRI members as we show you how to access the materials and events of most value to you and your team. Need a refresher on IRI value? All members welcome to participate
Do you have a PPM success story? I am interesting in reading some success stories from companies that have been able to make significant improvements in the integrity of data in their project...
January 11, 2016
This year, IRI partnered with R&D Magazine, combining the Trends Survey with R&D Magazine’s Global R&D Funding Forecast (GFF) survey to extend the reach of the survey and expand its scope...
June 03, 2011
Join Dr. Erika Wagner, Senior Director, Exploration Prize Development, X PRIZE Foundation , to discuss “The Big Win-Win: Putting Prizes to Work for Your Organization. ” Dr. Wagner’s session is based...