July 01, 2009
Many companies do not learn from their new product mistakes. Consequently, the mistakes are repeated, wasting millions, even billions, of R&D and marketing dollars every year. Product development...
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January 04, 2018
I have always been intrigued by the notion of forest succession. Following the burnout of a forest, the trees that grow are not (at first) the ones that were burned. The soil and the light are not...
July 01, 2019
If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough. —Mario Andretti On February 17, a 21-car pileup interrupted the final laps of the Daytona 500. A mega-wreck like this one is known in...
When is a new product considered 'commercial'? How do people decide when a new product is "commercial"? I am looking for a short definition that the project team can use to guide their decision. -...
Initiated: Fall 2017 Expected completion: mid-2019 Final report out presentation at the 2019 IRI Annual Conference Value proposition “[T]hose most able to learn from failed experiences will be those...
January 04, 2018
We present a large-sample survey of open innovation adoption and management in large firms, a follow-up to a previous study. We repeat some of the survey measures from the first survey, finding that...
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1We present a large-sample survey of open innovation adoption and management in large firms, a follow-up to a previous study. We repeat some of the survey measures from the...
December 08, 2020
Volume 64, Issue 1: January-February 2021 News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Robots As Friends, Not Products By Tim Hornyak Investing in Tomorrow’s Technologies By Peter Gwynne Turning...
A measure of the failure of projects to move beyond a given stage; particularly in reference to the later stages of the product/process development activity.
March 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: Leaders at incumbent firms increasingly recognize that in order to sustain growth and protect their companies from disruption, they must innovate “outside the core”—beyond the familiar...
January 04, 2021
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Robots As Friends, Not Products By Tim Hornyak Investing in Tomorrow’s Technologies By Peter Gwynne Turning Concrete Green By Manny Frishberg Europe’s...
January 01, 2004
Industrial innovation is becoming more open, requiring changes in how firms manage innovation. External sources of knowledge become more prominent, while external channels to market also offer...
January 01, 2010
New Books and Reports for Leaders of Technological Innovation Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity and Reap Big Results; Entrepreneurship for Engineers; Economic Survey of the...
September 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: There is a real shortage of breakthrough initiatives in businesses’ development portfolios. A major challenge in developing these high-risk projects is portfolio management—how executives...
January 01, 2009
Views and News of the Current Research-Technology Management Scene R&D Investment Rose Worldwide, New Global Scoreboards Show; Brazil Joins Resources to Build Research Base; NSF Mailing New...
September 01, 2009
An exploding scientific data base is the primary engine of the United States economy. It has already collapsed the profitable lives of products and processes to just a few years in many industries...