May 01, 2006
In the increasingly competitive landscape, there is a growing demand for companies to be innovative. However, the concept of innovation is confounded by the central question of what makes a product...
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May 01, 2005
Strategic inventing is a relatively obscure approach to product development whereby products are designed with an emphasis on strategic positioning of intellectual property. Traditional R&D and...
September 01, 2005
Nearly 4½ billion people, all over the world, earn less than three dollars a day. These are largely rural, largely uneducated—but not stupid—individuals whom we do not understand and on whom...
November 01, 1990
An accurate understanding of why new products succeed or fail is vital to improving new product performance; If the keys to success are descriptors of the product, market, technology, or their...
September 05, 2019
Implementing Agile principles in large organizations is complex. Indeed, such organizations may struggle to prioritize people over processes, work over documentation, and flexibility over planning...
July 12, 2018
Pleanary https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/1171/video_presentatio...
June 27, 2016
A Case Study of AmorePacific's Cushion Foundation The locus of innovation can be found in either the core or the peripheral components of a product. Most innovation literature has focused on...
January 01, 2004
Industrial innovation is becoming more open, requiring changes in how firms manage innovation. External sources of knowledge become more prominent, while external channels to market also offer...
November 01, 2017
The best ideas are often borrowed. For example, the Dyson vacuum was inspired by cyclone separators used in sawmills to remove sawdust from air, the STRiDA folding bike repurposes the mechanics of...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence; in machine learning, computers learn patterns from data. It is a transformative technology for the business world. But currently,...
January 07, 2014
An exploration of the results from one of the IRI2038 backcasting sessions covering the scenario “Africa Leapfrogs Developed Markets.” http://iriwebblog.org/2014/01/07/iri2038-a-blueprint-for-...
January 07, 2016
Ceramatec’s Anthony Nickens talks about the value he has gained as a member of IRI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpZjv8eLA_I
December 10, 2020
In 2016, BASF kicked digitalization of their R&D operation into high gear. Learn about their approach, including how they integrated IT into their efforts in the latest case study from IRI’s...
March 01, 2013
Evidence is in the eye of the beholder. To a doctor studying the treatment of a disease, evidence may mean multiple, repeatable studies based on statistically significant sample sizes using a double-...
March 01, 2012
On October 18, 2011, in the case of Oliver Bruestle v. Greenpeace , the European Court of Justice (ECJ) unanimously ruled that no invention resulting from medical research involving the destruc-tion...
November 30, 2015
Hear what IRI members are talking about in this short highlight reel from the 2015 Member Summit in Chicago, IL—“Agile Growth Strategies.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWoAJx2K_w