Acountability & Objectives Develop and drive the global Vision, Strategy, Stage/Gate Process, and resulting Business Plans for Industrial New Products. These new products will be primarily non-...
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Thursday October 05, 2017 – Friday October 06, 2017
Keynote on The Future and Impact of AI on R&D features panelists from IBM Watson Research, Pepsico, John Deere, and more.
October 06, 2006
Arlington, VA - October 6 - Honored for his industry-leading innovations, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announced today that the recipient of IRI's coveted 2006 Achievement Award is Paul D...
March 08, 2018
Marco Iansiti talks with Jim Euchner about digital hubs, the platforms at the heart of them, and how to compete in emerging digital ecosystems. Marco Iansiti studies ecosystem strategy at the Harvard...
September 20, 2017
Proposal Packet Proposal Packet Proposal Form Proposal Form The IRI Program Committee invites you to share your expertise at our annual conference. Content presenters benefit by: Networking with...
July 01, 2013
In the post-World War II boom, the aim of the big corporation was to become bigger—integration and diversification were the watchwords. But the economic and political upheavals of the 1970s left...
May 23, 2006
Arlington, VA – May 23, 2006 The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announces today that it presented the 2006 IRI Medal to David O. Swain, Vice President of Engineering and Technology and Chief...
Monday May 08, 2017 – Thursday May 11, 2017
"R&D Beyond Four Walls" explores how organizations are pushing beyond the traditional value chain to adopt a more dynamic and integrated collaboration culture across the business enterprise.
January 03, 2007
Since 1958, Journal Has Broken New R&D Studies Arlington, VA (January 3, 2007) - Advances in leadership of research and development within the laboratories and think tanks of America's largest...
May 06, 2007
Dick Paul, VP, Strategic Development & Analysis, Boeing (Seattle) Named Chairman at IRI Annual Meeting Rancho Mirage, CA - May 6, 2007 - Dick Paul, Vice President, Strategic Development &...
May 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Living labs are innovation infrastructures within which software companies and research organizations collaborate with lead users and early adopters in creating participative strategies to...
May 14, 2018
I was invited to visit China for the first time in 1989, to speak about expert systems, then at the forefront of practical AI. At that time, technology transfer from the West to China was a one-way...
Purpose & Summary The Director, External Innovation leads the external research & development for (COMPANY). This role is expected to gain competitive customer value by accessing thought...
March 01, 2005
Although most managers will agree that innovation can be the passport to wealth creation, many of their actual business practices and behaviors fail to support the activities crucial to value...
The pros and cons of shared service centers.
March 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Is it necessary or even possible to apply the management technology of open innovation to all projects in the same way? An analysis of the practices used in different product development...