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4“Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes.”
––Karl Marx
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2011-2013 There is an emerging corporate need for knowledge management that is largely unrecognized. Many companies recognize this too late after tackit knowledge is lost to the organization. This...
May 01, 2020
1.jpg 1. Other Access controlled by SharePoint High business impact data infrastructure 2.jpg 3.jpg 4.jpg 5. What are the most important features to have in ELNs? Easy enough interface to ensure user...
The IRI Achievement Award, established in 1973, is given to honor outstanding accomplishment in individual creativity and innovation that contribute broadly to the development of industry and to the benefit of society.
November 01, 2015
Digitalization in R&D Management: Big Data—“Big data” is a term that has become widely used and is often described but has no widely accepted defi nition. When this working group was formed as a...
September 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: Protecting intellectual property is crucial for R&D managers. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which overhauled the US patent system in order to reduce litigation and bring US...
May 21, 2014
Translating Basic Science into Products and the Role of Diversity in Making that Happen Joseph DeSimone, PhD, Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Chancellor's Eminent...
VC Models for Bricks and Mortar Companies (Identify best practices to accelerate innovation through minority equity investments) Until 2001, venture-capital funding had increased dramatically for...
January 20, 2017
It is common for leaders of large companies and other organizations to feel frustrated by the way innovation happens—or doesn’t—in their organizations. They wonder why development of a new offering...
March 07, 2017
Lean principles—a set of philosophies and approaches derived from Japanese management practices that focus on providing optimum value to the customer by eliminating waste and streamlining processes—...
May 02, 2017
My grandfather repaired watches. When he died, he left his tools, watches, and parts to my father. At an early age, I wanted to understand how watches worked. I would tear them apart and put them...
June 29, 2017
Having a highly motivated technical workforce is one of the key ingredients for fostering the innovative performance necessary for an organization to “stay in the game” in today's global competitive...
September 01, 2005
The R&D Limited Partnership model of organization and management, subsequently modified as the Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), has become an organization of choice for innovative new...
November 01, 2017
The best ideas are often borrowed. For example, the Dyson vacuum was inspired by cyclone separators used in sawmills to remove sawdust from air, the STRiDA folding bike repurposes the mechanics of...
November 01, 2018
Early in my career, as part of a corporate culture exercise, I was introduced to the nine-dot problem. By now almost anyone connected with R&D or innovation has seen it. The challenge is to...
July 17, 2019
Our organization is trying to get a feel for some of the specific sustainability metrics that are governing the way companies approach and set goals for R&D. SM_01.jpg SM_02.jpg 3. How does your...