July 01, 2011
An Interview with G. N. Bajpai Innovation in emerging markets is driven by a different mindset than is traditional in developed markets. According to G. N. Bajpai, innovation in India is driven by a...
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June 01, 2015
Listen to Dave McCann, VP of Amazon’s AWS Marketplace, discuss the importance of networking and what he sees as the bigger point to be made about its value during a panel discussion on “Democratizing...
November 28, 2014
Tamara Carleton explains how organizations can ensure that their product strategies are visionary enough and challenging enough to push the organization to greater success. https://www.youtube.com/...
May 30, 2014
Howard Morgan of First Round Capital explains the importance of business model innovation for large industrial organizations struggling with service and software innovations. https://www.youtube.com/...
February 05, 2015
A view of why industry must bear the responsibility to fund and conduct basic research with an explanation of its importance in driving technological progress. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/02/05/basic-...
August 22, 2013
Reviewing the works of Clay Christensen and others, this article enquires whether we have lost sight of the real purpose of business: to create customers. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/08/22/why-...
March 19, 2013
Lessons from the enlightenment period reveal how organizations and leaders need to have an open, adaptable approach to challenges in today’s economy. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/03/19/the-enlightened-...
February 18, 2013
What effect does disruptive innovation have on companies who innovate top quality brands and then lower prices as they scale up? http://iriwebblog.org/2013/02/18/disruptive-innovation-a-fatal-illness...
(Study how IT can make R&D more effective and provide new capabilities) This project collected successful practices of utilizing new information technologies in improving R&D effectiveness...
March 01, 2010
Where a company’s new product development process is inferior to its manufacturing process, in terms of defect rate and overall effectiveness, a process called New Product Blueprinting can help its...
March 01, 2009
Ray Kurzweil has garnered a great deal of attention by exploring the future path of computer technologies. His books use past trends and current information to predict what the world will be like 10...
April 01, 2008
The so-called fuzzy front end would seem to be the stage of innovation least suited to the use of information systems and technology, tools usually applied to repeatable processes and those amenable...
November 01, 2008
With the speedup in economic globalization, tariffs have been greatly cut and non-tariff measures have been substantially reduced. As the role of tariff protection is further weakened, IP protection...
November 01, 2008
Although executives are faced daily with making critical decisions about the number and type of talent they need to run their businesses, they often lack the complete and accurate information...
January 11, 2016
OVERVIEW: Leading firms are now beginning to integrate elements of the Agile IT product development method into their traditional gating processes to develop physical products. The trend began first...
September 01, 2008
Portfolio planning involves five basic tasks: identifying current as well as future gaps in the portfolio relative to the firm's overall business strategy, striking a balance between strengthening...