May 01, 2009
R&D at NASA, NSF, NIH, and DOE has fared very well in the new U.S. administration’s stimulus plan. But what role does R&D really play during a financial crisis? Where does it fall on the list...
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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.
May 01, 2009
More than 100 practitioners of innovation assembled in Cambridge, Massachusetts in November 2008 to discuss the importance of innovation as a management discipline and share leading-edge practices...
January 01, 2008
Two separate but simultaneous transformations—one in science, one in business—affect our world and our fortunes today. I believe these ongoing shifts, largely underway by 1995, will irrevocably...
March 01, 2008
In recognition of the authorship of “Maximizing Return on Innovation Investment,” deemed to be the best original paper published in RESEARCH-TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT in 2006. The winning paper was...
November 01, 2008
Double-digit increases in profits during 2007 were reflected by continued strong growth in industrial R&D both in the United States and abroad. Table 1 shows that the top 100 U.S. R&D firms...
Metrics which indicate the technology strength of the corporation and relate to the probability of success versus competitors for the opportunities which have been selected by the firm are contained in this category. This is an indicator of the potential for the creation of future value.
May 01, 2011
OVERVIEW: When most people think of innovation they think huge—lightbulb or Internet huge. While we’d all love to be a part of something that transforms the world, the fact is, few of us will have...
September 01, 2009
Inside a New York City loft in 2006, two entrepreneurs are working on the software to launch a new dot.com business they call Animoto. They hope to offer a service that will allow people to turn a...
March 09, 2018
Companies often use new product sales (sometimes referred to as new product vitality) as a measure of R&D effectiveness. This metric is often reported as the ratio of new product sales (sales...
Financial Return New sales ratio Cost savings ratio R&D yield R&D return Projected Value of the R&D Pipeline Projected sales Projected income Number of Ways Technology is Exploited...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics gate_a1.gif Metrics which can be used to make good decisions at this gate Strategic alignment Financial return New sales...
A collection of metrics which communicate the total R&D program and which allow optimization of the total R&D program for the corporation's benefit.
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics process stage 3.gif Metrics assessing the efficiency of the Stage III processes Cycle time Market cycle time Project...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics process stage 4.gif Metrics assessing the efficiency of the Stage IV process Quality of personnel Internal customer rating...
January 01, 2015
In his famous diaries, Samuel Pepys, the 17th-century London author, described his daily repast: Each morning he would break his fast with a pint of beer or ale. At mid-day, he would lunch on meat,...
May 01, 2015
OVERVIEW: Although the company had endured multiple transformations, Hewlett-Packard’s shift from instrumentation to computing was complicated by clashes between the rigid management style of a...