July 01, 2015
Successful growth companies are powered by effective innovation engines. Each of these has its own logic and its own sources of competitive advantage. P&G, for example, is well known for its...
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November 01, 2013
As a very modern manager and reader of RTM, you know that your business teams would benefit from more diverse, timely, and expert knowledge than they could possibly have internally (Spencer 2013). So...
January 01, 2012
With the death of Apple CEO Steven Jobs on October 5, the world lost an icon, a man who had come to stand for innovation, creativity, and technology tools that reflected a passion for zen-like...
What are the most significant barriers to expanding your open innovation initiatives? I am interested in learning about the most significant challenge your organization faces in expanding open...
September 01, 2012
John Seely Brown has been at the center of many of the most profound shifts in R&D management over the past three decades. As Chief Scientist at Xerox Corporation and director of PARC, co-chair...
January 01, 2010
Firms moving to a model in which they complement their internal innovation efforts with innovation from external sources need to manage their intellectual property carefully. This requires careful...
September 01, 2009
Although innovation outsourcing has become a widespread practice in R&D management, managers on the ground wonder which project management practices are required for technology development with...
November 09, 2016
"Organizations, by their very nature, are designed to promote order and routine. They are inhospitable environments for innovation." --Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business School People will work long...
Friday January 05, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join us for a replay of this very popular Member Summit presentation and learn how MITRE Corp. has replaced traditional management practices and implemented a new career movement approach.
May 01, 2015
Breakthrough innovation in established companies is particularly difficult, in part because breakthrough innovation requires a very different culture to sustain it than does incremental innovation...
September 01, 2014
Jim Bessen talks with James Euchner about the role of patents in encouraging—or discouraging—innovation. Patents have been a cornerstone of our economic system; their continued existence has been...
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...
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...
May 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Business model innovation represents a significant opportunity for established firms, as demonstrated by the considerable success of Apple’s iPod/iTunes franchise. However, it also...
July 01, 2011
There’s never been a better time for innovators from emerging markets. Whether you’re an agribusiness giant in Brazil, a software entrepreneur in Mumbai, or a contract manufacturer in Taiwan, the...
September 25, 2011
On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein, the world’s most famous scientist, passed away. The mystique around his intelligence was so great that the doctor performing the autopsy gave special attention to...