2013 - 2015 Deliverables The Path to Sustainability-Driven Innovation (RTM article) Report-Out 2014 Member Summit Description This ROR sought to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of...
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February 25, 2015
ROR Stage: wrapping up How do companies organize and operate to take a whitespace opportunity and nurture it to a point where either an existing business will recognize its value or the company...
1998 - 2000 Deliverables RTM article 2001 " Knowledge Management in R&D ", Volume 44, issue 4, p 28-48 Description Objective: develop information to better understand knowledge management and its...
2003 - 2005 Deliverables Report out , November 2003 Research-Technology Management Article, Volume 48, Issue 2, 2005 Description This team further evaluated the Value IQ tool to assess an...
(Identify the most successful practices of technology-intensive firms and provide recommendations for adoption) A Holland-Award-winning paper was published on this topic in RTM during 1996. The paper...
(Study influence of compensation and non-monetary incentives on productivity) Based on a survey of its membership, IRI had issued a position statement on "Recognition and Awards for Industrial...
(Assess how corporate strategy and sources of funding influence the organization of the R&D function) The subcommittee on this topic developed a questionnaire to determine how companies bring...
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...
July 01, 2016
Finance and technology meet at the crossroads of technology readiness. A disciplined method for assessing technology readiness assures that new products will integrate smoothly with downstream design...
November 01, 2010
Peter Grubstein is Executive Managing Director at NGEN Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in the “cleantech” sector. At IRI’s 2010 Annual Meeting, Peter spoke about the role of venture...
November 01, 2010
Peter Grubstein is Executive Managing Director at NGEN Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in the “cleantech” sector. At IRI’s 2010 Annual Meeting, Peter spoke about the role of venture...
May 01, 2009
As companies attempt to do “more with less ” and increase the speed and number of products they bring to market, many are opening up their business models to a much larger ecosystem of “ partners. ”...
September 01, 2009
The multiple and often contradictory team dynamics that arise in diverse teams present organizations with major challenges. For example, while a team’s functional diversity can help produce...
January 01, 2008
R&D support groups make essential contributions to the process of innovation and can help speed time-to-market, yet the role they play is often overlooked or undervalued relative to that of their...
July 01, 2008
The lesson from this research into covert research—also known as “bootlegging”—is clear: do not even try to organize the early stages of innovation through formal processes. Interviews at 70 European...
September 01, 2008
Portfolio planning involves five basic tasks: identifying current as well as future gaps in the portfolio relative to the firm's overall business strategy, striking a balance between strengthening...