July 13, 2012
Authors Ted Farrington, Keith Henson (PepsiCo) and Christian Crews (AndSpace Consulting) outline four simple phases of foresight research methods used to influence the strategic research agenda at...
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Keynote Presenters Opening Keynote: Adaptive Innovation - The Fabric of Effective R&D Keoki Jackson, ScD, CTO, Lockheed Martin Tuesday, May 9 from 8:00 to 9:15 am Dr. Jackson shares his...
May 20, 2014
Panel: Evolution of Business Models J. Gary Smyth, PhD, Executive Director of Global Research and Development, General Motors Company Jim Euchner, VP Global Innovation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber...
January 01, 2019
Don Tapscott talks with Jim Euchner about blockchain, the Internet of value, and the next Internet revolution. Don Tapscott is the author of 16 books and has been at the forefront of thinking on the...
January 01, 2015
Adrian Slywotzky talks with Jim Euchner about profit models and what it takes to create a good business design. Adrian Slywotzky has been studying what makes great business designs for years. His...
February 24, 2015
ROR Stage: exploration and planning In 2015, we will be taking a deep-dive into the ‘Everything’s in Beta’ scenario from the IRI2038 study and its implications for R&D management. The scenario: ‘...
October 18, 2016
Research on Agile/Stage-Gate Hybrid Processes Wins 2016 Maurice Holland Award Award-winning article looks at new product development processes at manufacturing firms Chicago, IL (October 18, 2016)–...
July 01, 2017
Design for service is critical to making the focus on service work at Rolls-Royce. This article describes the company’s Advanced Services Transformation Roadmap, which ensures that services are...
November 01, 2017
The future of open innovation will be more extensive, more collaborative, and more engaged with a wider variety of participants. It will extend beyond technology to business models, and it will...
April 06, 2017
This multisociety letter regarding Fiscal Year 2017-2018 R&D budget was sent on behalf of 286 organizations to both House and Senate leadership and Appropriation Chairs and Subcommittee chairs on April 6, 2017.
March 01, 2011
It is the distinct role of senior management to manage the risk of innovation—to decide when to make the big bets and how to make the little bets that create options for the future. Nevertheless, it...
January 20, 2017
Consumers develop many valuable products—and reveal their unprotected designs to others—as “free innovations.” 1 1 This article offers a brief sketch of the concept and importance of free innovation...
May 04, 2020
IRI President's message this week: Research-Technology Management Volume 63, Issue 3 has been posted online Stay tuned as more digital innovators in retail cross over into physical space, while brick...
November 01, 2017
Lockheed Martin is fostering a resilient innovation culture that embraces and addresses the wide range of relevant technologies available in the broader science and technology universe. The company’s...
July 24, 2018
Satya-Nadella-Profile_1457411659.jpg As CEO of Microsoft, Nadella is steering the company through a cultural transformation designed to equip it to make the most of coming technological shifts and...
April 28, 2015
Panel Discussion: Democratizing Innovation Jim Euchner, VP Global Innovation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Jonathan Kuniholm, President, Open Prosthetics Project Diego Tamburini, Manufacturing...