March 01, 2014
An increasing number of manufacturing firms have made the transition from a product-oriented business model to one led by advanced services, a process Tim Baines calls “servitization”. In this...
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July 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: The term “open innovation” was introduced in my 2003 book, which outlined a new model for industrial in-novation. Since that time, the concept has been adopted by hundreds of academic...
July 01, 2016
Sustainable success in a fiercely competitive environment requires a business to have creative innovation and forward-thinking leadership. I consider myself a student of leadership; I have developed...
Sunday March 04, 2018
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2The principles of lean manufacturing have increasingly been adapted to create practices for lean innovation. The common elements of such systems in practice are a relentless focus on the customer...
Either the quantity of projects being run via cross-functional teams, or the cross-functional nature of the teams according to a subjective scale.
January 01, 2012
OVERVIEW: Despite the increasing use of electronically mediated methods for team communications, research continues to underline the importance of face-to-face (F2F) communication for the successful...
Thursday February 11, 2021 1:00pm
The purpose of this webinar is to discuss the ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA 2021-3) soliciting proposals focused on flight investigations for applied research and development,...
September 01, 2015
As head of fleet management for MAN Truck and Bus UK, David Lester oversees the technology that drives MAN’s servitization effort. I head up the Fleet Management Department of MAN Truck & Bus for...
July 01, 2012
When Henry Chesbrough coined the term “open innovation” in 2003, Face-book and LinkedIn were in their infancies. There was no Twitter or Pinterest or Digg. InnoCentive was a young startup, just two...
January 01, 2010
Although the world has changed drastically in the past year, the need for businesses to invent products that people want and are willing to pay for has not changed. At The Dow Chemical Company, this...
April 01, 2008
California, the state with a long history of stimulating new science and technology, has now begun a revolution in the means of organizing the research responsible for fresh advances. The California...
May 01, 2019
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives The Growing German-Chinese Tech Divide Peter Gwynne Autonomous Trucks Creating New Freight...
January 01, 2015
Investment in R&D is critical for the long- term viability of industrial companies. But how much R&D is enough? It's a question most CTOs face as they prepare budgets for another fiscal year...
January 05, 2015
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene NIH Startup Challenge Offers Model for Commercializing Federal Technology; Fusing Europe’s Energy Research; Postdocs in Limbo; Li-Fi Lighting the Way...
November 01, 2015
Europe’s Grand Digital Catch-Up Plan; A Call for Investment in Basic Research; Global Mining at the Edge of Transformation; What Would Nature Do? The Rise of Biomimicry. View full article or download...
March 01, 2014
NIH Decision Seen as Boost for Research Commercialization; Big European Research Push on the Horizon; Research Universities Face Fresh Challenges; Solar Subsidies Help Against Financing Headwinds...