January 01, 2013
Following several years of wide investment swings due to a drastically changing economic landscape, the Industrial Research Institute’s (IRI) 2012 survey results suggest that R&D leaders are...
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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...
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.
The value of technology output from an R&D organization according to objective product features and benefits, customer ratings, and economic value.
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...
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...
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...
March 29, 2016
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...
October 09, 2019
A valuable and highly limited resource in most companies are innovation project leaders, whose critical role is to coordinate one or more innovation projects. Across all innovation technologies,...
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...
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 (...
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...
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...