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February 25, 2015
Findings include: Strong bias in the data: interviewees did not describe a set of principles that apply to a wide variety of customers or suppliers. They described one relationship that is better...
July 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: The quality and number of innovations developed by multinational companies from emerging countries is increasing dramatically. In particular, frugal innovations—“good-enough,” affordable...
May 01, 1998
As the business environment becomes more turbulent and unstable, new opportunities are emerging for radical innovations that can shape markets. Yet the budgets for research that can produce this kind...
Do you have a standardized way of naming projects? We would like to have a standardized way to name projects that we are working on in R&D. Today, a project can begin with a name that is given...
May 22, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Panel: Evolution of Innovation Thought - 75 Years of Innovation Nicholas M. Donofrio, former Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation Dr. Mostafa...
July 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Innovation subsidiaries increasingly follow manufacturing subsidiaries into emerging markets. Compared to well-established Western economies, emerging markets present unique challenges for...
What major trends do you see in R&D research in the next 5 years? Help our Research-on-Research group stay ahead of the curve by letting us know what you see on the horizon of R&D research in...
How to establish a managerial career ladder and a technical career ladder.
Metric 41 - How To Score Your Probability of Business Success Business Attractiveness 1. Sales/Profit Potential (Max 10 Points) Does this opportunity have the potential to make a significant...
How do you spark creativity with limited resources? I am trying to establish a feeling of creativity and curiosity on what's going on outside of the narrow world of our own products. We have a sub...
What should IRI tell the President about the barriers to advanced manufacturing? With a focus on new approaches and options that could be added to the President's platform, what might the government...
October 10, 2017
Over the past five years, two ROR groups have examined how sustainability can be factored into R&D. Focusing on the planet (environment) portion of the triple P (people, planet and profits, P3),...
How do you determine how long to hold on to IP? I am interested in learning how organizations determine when to keep intellectual property and when to give it up. What are the filters or questions...
Guidelines for SEC reporting of conflict minerals.
How do you transition innovations from labs to business groups? How do IRI member companies transition innovations from research labs into the business organizations for commercialization? Do...