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...
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September 17, 2017
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Assessing the Impact of Information Technology A Quantum Leap for Europe’s Research Program The Construction Industry Goes Digital The Construction...
World Federation of Industrial Research Associations The World Federation of Industrial Research Associations (W-FIRA) was established in May 2013. The first organization of its type, W-FIRA’s...
January 01, 1985
The R&D director in the modern large corporation has a complex, multifaceted and, in some important ways, illdefined job. Among his or her priorities must be the following: Step 1: Logged in IRI...
January 01, 1982
I plead guilty to a certain amount of envy toward such companies as 3M and Texas Instruments, where entrepreneurship is a way of corporate life. It has permeated their company culture through all...
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...
July 01, 2015
Harley-Davidson is now an iconic American brand, the only surviving American motorcycle manufacturer from an industry that once boasted more than 200 companies, but the company nearly died in the...
May 01, 2006
The phrase “knowledge is power” may be a cliche ´, yet in today’s business environment it is as true a statement as ever. In fact, knowledge is a unique company resource because its value actually...
March 07, 2017
Consumers are getting used to receiving free services in many different fields, and the popularity of the mobile app industry is feeding this phenomenon. Historically, advertising—a typical two-sided...
May 01, 2017
Organizational and corporate culture clearly play a role in innovation effectiveness, but little work has been done to explore the exact nature of that relationship. To address that gap, the IRI...
October 10, 2017
Over the past five years, two ROR groups have examined how sustainability can be factored into R&D. Focusing on the planet (environment) portion of the triple P (people, planet and profits, P3),...
December 01, 2017
Over the past five years, two ROR groups have examined how sustainability can be factored into R&D. Focusing on the planet (environment) portion of the triple P (people, planet and profits, P3),...
July 10, 2017
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) From the Editor Fun and Challenge James Eucher Feature Article The Role of Leadership in Innovation...