July 13, 2020
IRI Chair wins prestigious American Statistical Association Hahn Achievement Award In May, Dr. Martha M. Gardner was awarded the Gerald J. Hahn Quality & Productivity (Q&P) Achievement Award...
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September 17, 2015
A practical set of instructions for evaluating the benefits gained from strategic alliances. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/09/17/are-you-satisfied-with-your-technology-alliances/
April 09, 2015
An argument in favor of creating the climate necessary to protect and encourage innovators and inventors. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/04/09/we-have-to-keep-inventors-inventing/
August 22, 2013
Reviewing the works of Clay Christensen and others, this article enquires whether we have lost sight of the real purpose of business: to create customers. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/08/22/why-...
May 13, 2013
IRI President Ed Bernstein explains why IRI exists and how its existence fills a hole in management research that many leaders and academics today recognize as crucial to filling. http://iriwebblog...
April 22, 2013
Asking the US government to recognize that an umbrella policy to encourage and reward innovation in our economy exists in an IRI proposal called Innovation Economy 2020. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/04...
April 30, 2015
Hull recognized for his invention of industry-transforming stereolithography technology ARLINGTON, VA (April 30, 2015)— In an effort to recognize outstanding accomplishment in individual innovation...
April 30, 2015
Hull recognized for his invention of industry-transforming stereolithography technology ARLINGTON, VA (April 30, 2015)— In an effort to recognize outstanding accomplishment in individual innovation...
February 07, 2013
Asking IRI members what traits they look for when hiring innovators yields interesting and insightful results. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/02/07/the-5-traits-rd-practitioners-look-for-in-an-innovator/
September 10, 2015
As part of IRI’s 75th Anniversary Celebration (2013) IRI commissioned the IRI2038 project, a futures initiative designed to answer the following two questions: • How will possible future developments...
December 01, 2015
A review of IRI meeting content and RTM literature regarding best practices in rewarding and retaining technical talent. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/12/01/how-to-keep-your-tech-talent-from-leaving/
April 23, 2015
A plea for changes in federal budget restrictions that lead to federal lab employees being unable to travel to attend scientific and association conferences and events. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/04/...
June 02, 2016
Express Learning When examining "disruptive" technologies and/or business models, one of the common threads is that they all drive a significant change in human behavior. The "sharing economy" is a...
October 17, 2018
Research-Technology Management , the award-winning journal of the Innovation Research Interchange, seeks articles for a special issue on the Artificial Intelligence Renaissance . Artificial...
December 07, 2020
2021 Annual Conference Call for Presentations The Innovation Research Interchange is accepting proposals for the 2021 Virtual Annual Conference, Innovation for the Next Normal. The program will draw...
May 20, 2013
Innovation comes from elements of the business not typically associated with innovation, and this is having a tremendous impact on how we innovate. http://iriwebblog.org/2013/05/20/defining-your-...