March 06, 2018
Companies and universities continue to seek effective strategies for maximizing the benefit from partnerships. This session - both presentation and discussion - will discuss some of the contemporary...
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April 13, 2012
Today’s younger generation are wired different from their predecessors. Those born between 1977 – 1997, the ‘net generation’ or Generation Y, have a natural ability for all things digital that often...
June 29, 2017
For his leadership in managing IBM’s global research organization to produce outstanding research and advanced technology; for effectively charging his team with urgency in moving research-developed...
November 20, 2013
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Industrial Research Institute Announces Tech Tournament Winner Alcatel-Lucent wins IRI’s Tech Tournament, a competition to determine the most significant innovation...
October 04, 2017
FORT WORTH, TX (October 4, 2017) – Biomimicry, the emulation of biology in product and service design, is gaining popularity among R&D leaders. Emily Kennedy, Director of External Relations for...
November 08, 2011
Is Your R&D Culture Aligned with the Changing Needs of Your Employees? David Horsup, PhD, Vice President of R&D, Energy Services, Nalco Company Today’s younger generation are wired different...
A metric related to Management Support that provides an anchored scale evaluation of the degree to which management champions step forward to provide special support to individual projects or project teams.
October 18, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Jane Edison Stevenson, vice chairman, Board and CEO Services, Korn/Ferry International, and Bilal Kaafarani, chief innovation officer & group president of R&D, Yildiz Holding,...
May 01, 2012
On the night of October 9, 1604, Italian citizens recorded their astonishment that the universe had changed for the first time in centuries. As they looked to the night sky, they found a new star had...
IRI2038 Futures Study Gain provocative insights into how futures trends, developments, and events impact the art and science of research and technology management over the next 25 years. Available in...
January 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: This article presents a case study on MINATEC, a regional innovation cluster in Grenoble, France, encompassing several entities: applied and basic research institutes, a university, and...
Do you have an Innovation Board? If so: Who is on the board? Is there anyone from outside the company who participates? How often does it meet? What are typical agenda items? Is the board advisory,...
External or internal customer evaluation of the capabilities and output of the R&D function or the innovation process.
November 01, 2010
At intervals throughout the year, chief technology officers (CTOs) of large research and development departments across industries gather for an open exchange of information and an opportunity to...
November 01, 2010
At intervals throughout the year, chief technology officers (CTOs) of large research and development departments across industries gather for an open exchange of information and an opportunity to...
May 16, 2017
IRI Research Project: Strategic Challenges in R&D Management Research Initiative Previously the IRI completed a study to evaluate how the management of science and technology would change by the...