July 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: Reverse innovation is not always either foreseeable or explicitly pursued by Western companies operating in emerging economies. Sometimes, it arises from the initiative of the foreign...
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September 01, 2014
The pursuit of intellectual property (IP) that can be protected through patents, copyrights, and trademarks has traditionally formed the cornerstone of many companies’ strategies. The general rule of...
November 01, 2014
In the past three decades, I’ve had a chance to work with some amazing companies struggling to defi ne, or redefine, their innovation strategies. Far too often, sustainable change has proven diffi cult...
January 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Corporate venturing is on the rise. The growing intensity of corporate venturing activities presents extraordinary opportunities for corporations to redefine their innovation and investment...
May 01, 2013
When I was a graduate student, I had a compelling need for sleep. My thesis involved many experiments in sequence, each of which required me to spend about 20 hours doing the analytical chemistry to...
March 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Corporate venture capital investments are a powerful tool to explore and exploit innovative opportunities with start-up companies. Successfully implementing a corporate venturing program...
September 01, 2011
Intellectual property is the primary product of innovation. At the heart of every new product or service is an idea, an approach, a new way of solving a problem or applying a theory or thinking about...
November 01, 2011
IBM has been conducting “Jams” for 10 years now. A Jam is an intense, large-scale, online discussion about an issue that matters. Jams have been sponsored to engage employees about corporate values,...
October 20, 2015
Agile Growth in a Large, Diverse, Corporate Environment Michael (Mike) Blackburn, MS, ThD, Portfolio/Program Leader, Cargill Global Research Management This year Cargill celebrates its 150th year...
October 17, 2012
Speed Matters Jean-Claude Kihn, PhD, Executive VP & CTO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Goodyear loves to race! It's been in the company's DNA for more than 100 years, and has helped teach...
November 09, 2011
A significant number of organizations, and therefore their R&D operations, have gone through a major transition since the economic collapse in 2008/2009. For most companies, this means doing more...
February 25, 2013
ROR Stage: Report out As baby boomers approach retirement age, companies experience an increasing need to capture the knowledge of seasoned staff members before they leave the workforce. This ROR...
January 01, 2010
Recessions are difficult times. Companies respond differently to them, especially in the ways that they manage R&D. Intel’s recently retired chairman, Craig Barrett, has been an outspoken...
September 01, 2009
It is a commonplace that innovation requires risk taking and that risk taking leads to failure. New product failure rates of 50 percent are not uncommon. Increasingly, corporations seek to formally...
September 01, 2009
An exploding scientific data base is the primary engine of the United States economy. It has already collapsed the profitable lives of products and processes to just a few years in many industries...
January 01, 2008
There are some identifiable conditions that seem to nurture creativity and innovation, and the development of the Internet illustrates them. Stable interfaces that allow for substantial change within...