November 01, 2019
If the past is any indication, this century will belong to those regions and countries that have access to the greatest energy stores. Coal powered the British and German Empires in the late 19th and...
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IRI resources assist your day-to-day R&D functions and help in problem solving. Search by keyword, topic, or your R&D role to find tools to help you manage your organization's R&D and innovation process more effectively.
Tuesday May 10, 2016 10:30am
Join fellow new IRI members as we show you how to access the materials and events of most value to you and your team. Need a refresher on IRI value? All members welcome to participate.
Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:00am
Join fellow new IRI members as we show you how to access the materials and events of most value to you and your team. Need a refresher on IRI value? All members welcome to participate.
May 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: Business model innovation represents a significant opportunity for established firms, as demonstrated by the considerable success of Apple’s iPod/iTunes franchise. However, it also...
April 06, 2020
Jump to: Global Innovation News | IRI's Virtual Annual Conference | 2020 PILOT Projects | USG's Digital Transformation | Learn and Share | Executive Education Workshops this June | Upcoming Events...
May 22, 2013
75 years ago, the founding members of IRI shared a vision of problem solving through idea exchange and mutual cross-industry collaboration – this was the beginning of IRI's value proposition. IRI's...
January 01, 2020
Overview: This paper describes mobile market research applications (MMRAs), new Voice of the Customer (VoC) tools that take advantage of the ubiquity of smartphones. MMRAs provide an efficient and...
November 01, 2015
Trends are a commodity. You are one Google search from discovering hundreds of forecasts, trend lists, and predictions for your industry. Unfortunately, so are all of your competitors. Innovating...
How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
Monday March 13, 2017 – Wednesday March 15, 2017
Benefit from the collective knowledge, experience, and expertise of other IRI Network members. Join your peers for two days of great presentations, interactive roundtable discussions, and networking!
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...
January 11, 2021
The guiding principle for IRI in 2021, we will be operating as a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and content development and distribution...
November 01, 2018
Early in my career, as part of a corporate culture exercise, I was introduced to the nine-dot problem. By now almost anyone connected with R&D or innovation has seen it. The challenge is to...
July 05, 2018
Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) recently hosted a gathering of chief technology officers for the purpose of finding solutions to one of the greatest R&D challenges to date: digital...
February 08, 2021
2021 Virtual Spring Networks Conference Registration Now Open! Join fellow innovation leaders for dynamic discussions and networking! The 2021 Virtual Spring Networks Conference, March 8-11, will...
January 01, 2009
OVERVIEW: Even large firms cannot mobilize all the ideas, technology, business expertise, and market channels they need to deliver breakthrough products. A new model is rapidly emerging in which...