January 04, 2018
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene MaryAnne M. Gobble From the Editor...
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May 01, 2019
The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in real trouble. —...
July 13, 2020
IRI Chair wins prestigious American Statistical Association Hahn Achievement Award In May, Dr. Martha M. Gardner was awarded the Gerald J. Hahn Quality & Productivity (Q&P) Achievement Award...
May 14, 2018
Joint ventures between foreign enterprises and business partners in the People s Republic of China are confronting new economic and legal conditions. The new conditions require changes in the way...
November 09, 2016
This discussion is about innovation--about the conditions under which innovation and invention happen. I have a few thoughts on this, from my time at Google, DARPA, IBM, and MCI. True breakthrough...
Definition of a stage gate model and efficiency metrics.
1.0 Definition of the Innovation Process The term "innovation process" refers to the overall process in a company for conceiving and developing ideas and concepts into profitable products and...
April 06, 2017
This multisociety letter regarding Fiscal Year 2017-2018 R&D budget was sent on behalf of 286 organizations to both House and Senate leadership and Appropriation Chairs and Subcommittee chairs on April 6, 2017.
November 01, 2013
Norm Augustine talks with Jim Euchner about the role of executive leadership in creating a culture in which innovation can thrive. View full article or download PDF http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs...
How do you forecast disruptive technologies? We are looking to learn how companies distinguish between disruptive and breakthrough technologies. How do you define and identify disruptive technology?...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics I. Technology Value Pyramid consists of a hierarchy of categories of metrics: Value Creation : Metrics which directly...
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...
September 01, 2009
An exploding scientific data base is the primary engine of the United States economy. It has already collapsed the profitable lives of products and processes to just a few years in many industries...
June 16, 2020
Our organization is exploring new ways to work in agile teams as part of an R&D innovation platform. As part of the process, we are interesting in identifying a consultant that can help challenge...
How do you spark creativity with limited resources? I am trying to establish a feeling of creativity and curiosity on what's going on outside of the narrow world of our own products. We have a sub...
January 01, 2010
Firms moving to a model in which they complement their internal innovation efforts with innovation from external sources need to manage their intellectual property carefully. This requires careful...