January 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Product development projects are exposed to a number of challenges, and the significance of different challenges differs among projects. To prepare for these challenges, project managers may...
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July 01, 2009
The ability of internal R&D to contribute to a company’s revenue growth is weakened by the presence of conditions termed R&D Value Eroders TM. These conditions erode the relevance of R&D...
An evaluation of the intellectual property management within an organization via four-stage interval rating scale.
What guidelines do you use for R&D and CQA record retention? What guidelines do you use for R&D and Corporate Quality Assurance record retention? This includes R&D laboratory notebooks,...
April 01, 2008
In the context of open innovation, firms increasingly acquire technologies from external sources. Moreover, many firms have recently started to actively commercialize technologies, for example, by...
June 04, 2015
Harvard physics professor Harvey Brooks offers a look at what technology can do about technology and what kind of impact it has on our lives. http://iriwebblog.org/2015/06/04/4-views-of-technology-...
February 28, 2011
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability is a global group of experts dedicated to integrating best practices for the long-term use of energy and other resources.
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3Youngjin Yoo has been studying the digitalization of physical products and services for many years. Success will not be as simple as making products smart and connected or enabling a service...
2007 - 2009 Deliverables Description Objectives: For member firms & their co-developers to provide better practices (both a process and tools) for developing the IP portion of co-development...
February 23, 2017
This project is looking to determine key elements of an early career development experience that maximizes the mutual benefit for the employee and employer and enhances retention of top talent. The...
January 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: R&D spin-outs offer pharmaceutical companies an increasingly attractive mechanism for in-creasing the effectiveness of R&D activities by allowing companies to maintain a clear focus...
How do you handle raw material strategy? How do you manage and guide raw material strategy within your organization? Do you have specific tools that you use to do this? - Manager, Raw Material Group...
September 01, 2008
The importance of identifying and fostering corporate “capabilities” has been confused with creating competencies. Competencies are unique products or services, often created in the R&D labs,...
Guidelines for SEC reporting of conflict minerals.
March 01, 2015
This article describes how to use unstructured text analytics to support critical product development decisions. It clarifies the difference between structured and unstructured data and proposes an...
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...