July 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Innovation subsidiaries increasingly follow manufacturing subsidiaries into emerging markets. Compared to well-established Western economies, emerging markets present unique challenges for...
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July 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Although there are several studies highlighting the best new-product development (NPD) practices of Western firms, we know very little about the NPD practices of Chinese firms...
January 01, 2010
The fourth quarter of 2008 saw the start of the worst global recession since the 1930s. Yet, after dealing with the initial shock, companies went to work to prepare for the inevitable recovery...
March 01, 2010
Only a few companies have mastered the design-driven approach to innovation. This paper examines what it means to make design a central part of the business process, able to add value to products and...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: Product and business innovation are integral to corporate growth. Insights into improving the design and development process can help achieve better innovation outcomes. We report the...
September 01, 2010
Product and business innovation are integral to corporate growth. Insights into improving the design and development process can help achieve better innovation outcomes. We report the findings of a...
April 01, 2008
In 1856, William Henry Perkin was an 18-year-old student at Britain’s Royal College of Chemistry. He was working toward an antimalarial drug that was important to the British empire as it expanded...
July 01, 2008
The lesson from this research into covert research—also known as “bootlegging”—is clear: do not even try to organize the early stages of innovation through formal processes. Interviews at 70 European...
July 01, 2008
You are director of a research and development lab that has been key to your company’s success. But times are tough, and top management is on a cost-cutting crusade. Your boss tells you that although...
November 01, 2008
Sophisticated portfolio management tools have been developed and implemented to maximize the value of existing projects in the later phases of drug development. However, the almost equally cost-...
June 27, 2016
Biomimicry, defined as innovation through the emulation of biological forms, processes, patterns, and systems, is particularly valuable for its focus on solution discovery, as opposed to solution...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics 1. Metric Definition Benchmarked manufacturing cost data vs. competition for same type of unit cost. 2. Advantages and...
How is your R&D investment split between projects focused on Growth, Competitiveness, and Sustaining? Do you track this as part of your R&D Portfolio analysis? If so, and you are comfortable...
July 01, 2007
Entrepreneurship Popping in Silicon Fjord Industial/Academic Collaboration is 3-Way Win Predicting Project Performance Unobvioiusness Now Less Obvious Beware of Perils of Success Japan Most...
May 01, 2005
A large part of your job as a research/technology manager is understanding people, not just evaluating how well they have performed. Evaluation is the easy part; much harder is predicting how people...
March 01, 2004
Companies are looking at their leadership needs with the wrong mindset. They are trying to find ideal leaders rather than the right kind of leaders, the kind that fit their needs. Step 1: Logged in...