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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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.
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.
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...
October 13, 2017
For years, organizations have used cross-functional virtual communities to help employees share knowledge, connect with experts, and collaborate to solve business problems. However, as technology and...
March 19, 2020
Due to the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) will cancel the 2020 Annual Conference originally scheduled for May 12-15, in Philadelphia, PA. There is...
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, 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...
Thursday November 21, 2019 12:00pm
This webinar will help you find out about the three key phases of organizational digital transformation and specifically: The importance of defending today and winning tomorrow The importance of...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...