January 01, 2020
In the decade and a half since researchers pulled the first atom-thick flake from a graphite block with transparent plastic tape, graphene’s remarkable properties, and those of its rolled-up cousin,...
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January 01, 2020
Rita McGrath has studied innovation, competitive advantage, and how companies can best respond to rapid shifts in the competitive landscape. A major challenge for companies anticipating disruption is...
January 01, 2020
Overview: This paper describes mobile market research applications (MMRAs), new Voice of the Customer (VoC) tools that take advantage of the ubiquity of smartphones. MMRAs provide an efficient and...
March 01, 2020
We humans, it seems, like to leave a messy trail wherever we go—whether it’s our oceans, our cities, and, yes, even our outer space. Several hundred Plastic bottles and other plastic pollution covers...
July 06, 2020
INNOVATION NEWS HEADER.png How Stitch Fix used AI to personalize its online shopping experience Online retailers have long lured customers with the ability to browse vast selections of merchandise...
Friday April 01, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Better understand how tools such as social networking and microblogging platforms are being used in NPD and what influence they have on NPD outcomes.
Friday May 18, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm
In this ever-changing world, it is business critical to stay ahead of your competition by creating new and innovative products that meet your consumer needs. Predicting where your competitors are...
Friday September 06, 2019 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Join Applied Marketing Science (AMS) to learn how machine learning has revolutionized the way companies gather insights for innovation. AMS, in collaboration with researchers at Massachusetts...
Friday July 03, 2020
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4“Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes.”
––Karl Marx
There is one prediction among many that rings...
March 01, 2015
Digital technology is clearly changing the products and services that we use every day, but Youngjin Yoo sees a much more fundamental change. He believes the rise of digital technology is changing...
July 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Open innovation efforts traditionally focus on sourcing external solutions against known needs. This approach, while helping the organization to close gaps in internal capabilities, has...
Are you concerned that your patent portfolio reveals your research strategy? Michelin is evaluating its patent filing criteria, especially the balance between the protection of innovation with...
October 20, 2015
Lean Start Up in Large Organizations ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data Lean Start-Up is a new process for product development that can enhance the stage gate process and is more suitable for...
October 15, 2014
Large companies have been able to grow by becoming proficient at developing products in their core for existing customers in known markets. Increasingly companies have sought new growth opportunities...
May 21, 2014
Translating Basic Science into Products and the Role of Diversity in Making that Happen Joseph DeSimone, PhD, Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Chancellor's Eminent...
May 21, 2014
How can the Web Fundamentally Change Your Industry Business Model? Tony Singarayar, Founding Partner, Analogy Growth Partners, LLC John Aceti, Vice President, Analogy Growth Partners Everyone...