April 29, 2015
Digitalization and R&D - Virtual Experimentation and Simulation: Building on the success of IRI’s first strategic research platform, the IRI2038 Futures Study, we have launched our next ground-...
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May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Panel: Technology Leadership and Competitiveness Norm Augustine, Retired Chairman & CEO, Lockheed Martin John McDonald, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Chevron...
October 17, 2012
Virtual Teams Stage: gathering data The ability to assemble high performing virtual teams is essential in today’s global business environnment. This ROR identified eight key themes to explore for...
October 17, 2012
Social Networking in Business Today Stage: reporting Social networks are becoming increasingly important form of communication within R&D organizations, projects and teams. Social networks enable...
November 08, 2011
The Ups and Downs of Open Innovation in Healthcare Paul Nakagaki, Head, New Innovation Models, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd The innovation and business press is filled with the benefits of working with “...
2011 Deliverables Report out Member Summit 2012 Brown Bag Discussion 2012 Research-on-Research Reports , RTM, Volume 53, Issue 6, 2010 Description The project set out to understand the business value...
February 26, 2013
ROR Stage: gathering data The ability to assemble high performing virtual teams is essential in today’s global business environment. This ROR identified six key themes impacting the performance of...
July 01, 2016
Kodak European Research (KER) developed a strategy for technology intelligence based on a theoretical model developed by Kerr et al. (2006). KER scouts designed and implemented a four-step approach...
March 01, 2009
Globalized R&D operations require far more than an offshore R&D center or a partnership with a low-cost country service provider. Early questions around “ Why globalize? ” have been replaced...
September 01, 2009
Advances in science and engineering have brought the world to a place where distance no longer matters. In such a world it is necessary to ask how well Americans are being equipped to compete for...
March 01, 2008
Corporate venturing (CV) is a widely accepted mechanism for incubating and developing new business within large established firms. Substantial research has been done on this subject, yet any firms...
May 24, 2016
The Virtual Experimentation and Simulation project is part of IRI’s strategic research platform on Digitalization and its Implications for R&D Management. They are working to answer the following...
July 01, 2007
The Chief Technology Officer position has been adopted by a wide variety of industries that are seeking to leverage technology within products and services. The position calls for an operational...
July 01, 2007
Virtually all businesses set stretching growth goals. While the strategies on how to achieve those goals vary greatly, one underlying theme remains constant: game-changing innovation at all levels...
July 01, 2007
In today’s competitive business and technology environment, the consideration of acquiring technology from industry leaders to deliver technology-based solutions is an imperative. Although there is...
November 01, 2007
In setting R&D budgets, many companies compare their R&D intensity with that of the average intensity for global companies in their sector using an R&D scoreboard. However, it’s important...