November 20, 2013
Sustainability Driven Innovation ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This proposed ROR seeks to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by...
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June 01, 2012
Join Bruce Vojak and Ray Price, University of Illinois, for "Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations at Mature Firms." Bruce and Ray are giving an encore...
March 05, 2014
ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This proposed ROR seeks to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by IRI members: • Carving out new...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee IRI2038: Responding to the Future: New Research and Technology Management Practices for New Futures With the Integration phase of IRI2038 complete, IRI members have helped to...
Monday June 04, 2018 8:00am – 5:00pm
Sign up for optional workshops offered before our Annual Conference on June 4th from 8am-5pm. Lean Project Management Workshop participants focus on the following topics: 1) Why innovation is...
February 25, 2015
Overarching Question: How can organizations maximize the benefit from virtual experimentation and simulation (VE&S)? Team: Chris Koh (Pepsico) Co-chair; AJ Rao (USG) Co-chair; Alan Ayers (...
When is a new product considered 'commercial'? How do people decide when a new product is "commercial"? I am looking for a short definition that the project team can use to guide their decision. -...
October 09, 2019
Our organization holds an annual R&D meeting for our team once a year which includes a presentation by an engaging speaker. We are looking for fresh ideas for this presentation and would like to...
November 01, 2013
IRI’s Research-on-Research working groups held meetings at IRI’s Diamond Jubilee in Washington, DC. Five groups report on the status of their work, describe ongoing initiatives, and summarize...
2013 - 2015 Deliverables The Path to Sustainability-Driven Innovation (RTM article) Report-Out 2014 Member Summit Description This ROR sought to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of...
November 18, 2013
IRI Hosts Leading Minds in Innovation at Future Summit in San Jose, CA ARLINGTON, VA (November 18, 2013) – The Industrial Research Institute (IRI), an association that brings together companies and...
November 20, 2013
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2013 Maurice Holland Award Presented San Jose, CA (November 20, 2013) – The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announced yesterday the winners of its prestigious...
February 2011 - Member Summit 2012 This group is exploring the most effective processes for identifying disruptive technologies early enough for businesses to benefit from the opportunity or to...
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 “...
November 08, 2011
Social Networking Issues in Business Today Can we afford not to use social networking in business today? Join us as we explore how social networking issues are driving business, innovation,...
1999 - 2000 Deliverables Description Objective: Understand the process required to make "quantum-leap" product improvements as opposed to incremental changes A study of the factors involved in...