What metrics do you use to measure the quality of your processes? We are interested in discovering more creative and inspiring ways to measure (and improve) our quality performance, and if possible,...
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July 01, 2010
You are leading a project urgently needed by your organization. How can you best motivate your team to meet a demanding schedule? Should you offer bonuses if the team meets a deadline? Not according...
July 01, 2010
You are leading a project urgently needed by your organization. How can you best motivate your team to meet a demanding schedule? Should you offer bonuses if the team meets a deadline? Not according...
November 01, 2007
You don’t need to be told that what you learned in a university about technology has long been out of date; however, you may not be aware that compared with even a generation ago, the logic of...
January 01, 2006
You lead an R&D organization, either a department, team or project. How do you go about getting the best possible performance from your people? How are you organizing their work? Do you think...
March 01, 2005
“Tom Evers,” XYZ Corporation’s research VP, reviewed the year’s accomplishments with his staff and it was painfully obvious that he was not at all pleased. He expressed mild dissatisfaction with most...
October 09, 2019
Our organization holds an annual R&D meeting for our team once a year which includes a presentation by an engaging speaker. We are looking for fresh ideas for this presentation and would like to...
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...
January 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: Drawing on a case study at Ubisoft, a major creative firm in the videogame industry, this article shows how a firm can nurture and engage with its knowing communities to fuel the front end...
March 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: Companies are increasingly applying service offerings to create sustainable value for their customers and stake-holders. However, sustainability involves a wide range of issues, including...
July 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: A critical innovation competency is the ability to recognize technologies that can best be exploited by a particular company and to drive investment in them. We have developed a framework...
September 01, 2015
Neil Gershenfeld talks with Jim Euchner about the Internet of Things and the coming revolution in manufacturing. Neil Gershenfeld is a pioneer in understanding the boundary between the digital and...
January 01, 2014
Beginning in the late 1990s, the Chinese government began to understand the negative effects of relying on external technology transfer, the country’s key technology sourcing policy since the 1980s:...
July 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: The business of technology firms depends on the successful delivery of projects. These projects can be complex and, some say, increasingly so. Assessing and proactively managing that...
July 01, 2012
It may seem odd to do a retrospective issue on a subject whose arrival on the scene is as recent as open innovation, but since the concept was first named and studied by Henry Chesbrough, it has taken...
November 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: For over 25 years, research on innovation has taken the perspective that new product development can be managed like any other (complex) process. In sharp contrast to this process view, we...