March 01, 2005
Firms have no choice today but to disperse their new product units in order to access dispersed knowledge and skills. As a result, there is a general movement toward “virtual” R&D teams (1). But...
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March 07, 2017
As the creator and webmaster of enablingthefuture.org, Jennifer Owen has built a community around the creation of 3D-printable, open-source design files for prosthetic hands. Step 1: Logged in IRI...
September 01, 2005
Think about the purpose of the organization where you work. Is it to create great products for people? Is it to improve people’s lives? Solve company problems? Discover useful knowledge? Is it to...
November 05, 2018
Learn about artificial intelligence and intelligent systems with our learning modules: Module 0: SPRING Program Overview Module 1: Foresighting--A Basic Introduction Module 2: Introduction to...
July 01, 2019
When I first graduated, the job market was very bad. I ended up getting a job at a computer learning and education center. My job was to help fix PCs, but I actually spent most of my time...
September 05, 2019
Qualified doctors often find their way into the medical industry, but until recently they usually did so after practicing medicine for at least a few years. Now, however, a new trend has started to...
September 05, 2019
Once the leadership team does the hard work of convincing an organization to look beyond its operational environment, the first question is often how far into the future the organization should...
Monday April 06, 2020 12:30pm – 1:00pm
IRI’s Digital Transformation Community (DXC) presents our latest case study – taking a deep dive into USG’s digital journey. In this webinar, RTI Innovation Advisors Jeff Cope and Tom Culver will...
August 30, 2016
As emerging markets continue to grow in both size and economic influence, innovation managers at companies around the globe increasingly turn to those markets for new ideas that could catalyze their...
September 01, 2007
We often talk about how different our world is from our parents’ world. We then extrapolate this thinking to our children and try to imagine the world they will face. This is hard enough. However,...
May 01, 2006
This management framework permits integrating positioning, competencies and acquisitions in the context of a dynamic process of platform strategy. The integration method suggested is the platform-...
May 01, 2006
If you’ve felt confused about how you should deal with diversity in your laboratories, that’s understandable, since there are at least three possible meanings of the term, and they each call for...
July 01, 2006
Science, art, or both? When it comes to successful integration of acquired employees into an established organization and culture, both references are relevant and critical to eventual success. While...
January 01, 2005
Public–private partnerships play a key role in helping the United States advance its research portfolio by bringing new ideas to meet the needs of the marketplace and the nation. They do so by...
January 01, 2005
As the United States economy sluggishly recovers from recession, the annual R&D Trends Forecast records a more favorable outlook for 2005 than has been seen in the past two years. More companies...
May 01, 2005
Despite tough talks over money and structure, the European Commission is pushing ahead with its plans to create a European Research Council (ERC) modeled on the National Science Foundation in the...