July 13, 2018
Breakout Session This session will explore Westinghouse Electric Company’s unique approach to radical innovation. It will focus on the value of documenting, empowering, and adjusting a core...
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September 24, 2018
Research-Technology Management , the award-winning journal of the Innovation Research Interchange ( www.iriweb.org ), seeks articles for a special issue exploring the journey From Innovation...
What PLM Costs Should We Expect? We are looking for benchmark costs on implementing a new PLM system for a CPG company that maintains an active catalog of 11,000 products with 300 new product...
May 21, 2013
IRI Diamond Jubilee Innovation Culture Exploration ROR Stage: New project forming Join colleagues to shape the research focus of this new ROR working group investigating how IRI member companies are...
January 06, 2015
Helping transform a major manufacturer into a full service supplier is no easy feat, but Abraham Tijerina Priego, Innovation Management Coordinator at Metalsa , began his early career tasked with...
September 12, 2016
What are the metrics currently used? What are the most effective metrics? What are the best practices for reporting portfolio valuation? What are the potential resources to consult? Presented by: Ken...
January 20, 2017
The Industrial Research Institute (IRI) has undertaken an annual survey of R&D expectations among R&D- and innovation-focused companies since 1982. This survey typically asks R&D leaders...
May 24, 2011
Global Innovation Networks Through case studies, interviews and a survey, the Global Innovation Networks ROR Working Group identifies how to best establish successful networks. Team Members: Becky...
September 01, 2012
In a 1970 article in the New York Times Magazine , Milton Friedman asserted that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business—to use its re-sources and engage in activities de-signed...
An assessment by interval rating scale of the extent to which project performance objectives are clearly defined and understood by all participants on the project team.
June 23, 2015
Industrial Research Institute Joins 252 Industry and Academic Leaders in Call to Action for American “Innovation Imperative” Action follows American Academy of Arts & Sciences report on the role...
January 01, 2014
OVERVIEW: This article describes the development of a maturity model for assessing and guiding R&D organizations in creating innovative sustainable products and services that drive growth. While...
The value of technology output from an R&D organization according to objective product features and benefits, customer ratings, and economic value.
June 23, 2015
Action follows American Academy of Arts & Sciences report on the role of scientific research in preserving the "American Dream" #InnovationImperative www.innovationimperative.us Arlington, VA (...
July 24, 2018
Satya-Nadella-Profile_1457411659.jpg As CEO of Microsoft, Nadella is steering the company through a cultural transformation designed to equip it to make the most of coming technological shifts and...
September 01, 2010
In 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators, Vijay Govindarajan and co-author Chris Trimble discuss what it takes to innovate inside established companies. He emphasizes three concepts: forgetting lessons...