May 01, 2006
Technology transfer has become an increasingly important mission of federal laboratories in the United States, with results that benefit the government, private companies, and the U.S. economy...
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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.
July 01, 2006
As the 76 million baby boomers, who represent 28 percent of the U.S. working population, begin retiring, organizations face a knowledge and capability crisis. The experience, knowledge, skills, and...
RTM - Mastering the Acquirer’s Innovation Dilemma: Knowledge Sourcing through Corporate Acquisitions
July 01, 2006
This book aims at increasing the understanding of corporate acquisitions from a technology-based perspective and at proposing applicable concepts for practice which support managers in increasing...
September 01, 2006
Strategic business communities played an important role in the efforts of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and J-Phone Co., Ltd. to expand the market for mobile telecommunications in Japan. They are the foundation...
February 23, 2017
The goals of this project are to gain a better understanding of the role of the leader of the R&D function in an organization (e.g. CTO, VP of R&D, CSO; CTO for shorthand), the path that...
April 21, 2017
Maximizing the return on your R&D spending hinges entirely on your organization’s ability to consistently pick the right development projects, technologies, and platforms to invest in. This is no...
May 03, 2017
In 280 BC, a Greek general added fighting elephants to his ranks and won two battles against the Romans. But in doing so, he suffered terrible losses. Plutarch quotes him as saying, “If we are...
May 05, 2017
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) From the Editor Where Do You LIve? James Eucher Feature Article Leveraging Lean Principles in R&D...
September 01, 2005
Sustainable development has three broad goals: environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic prosperity, for both the organization and its stakeholders. In a successful sustainability...
January 01, 2004
The R&D Trends Forecast for 2004 indicates that more companies are reducing rather than increasing their R&D spending. More companies than last year plan spending increases, but those cutting...
March 01, 2004
The global Technology Management Group (TMG) formed by General Motors in 1999 was charged with these key initiatives: manage and prioritize portfolios of advanced technical work, allocating funding...
May 01, 2004
Surveys are commonplace in organizations, with more than 70 percent of U.S. organizations using them regularly (1). R&D managers can use surveys to understand the perceptions, thoughts, feelings...
October 10, 2017
Biomimicry: Streamlining the Front End of Innovation for Environmentally Sustainable Products. Biomimicry, defined as innovation through the emulation of biological forms, processes, patterns, and...
May 01, 1998
As the business environment becomes more turbulent and unstable, new opportunities are emerging for radical innovations that can shape markets. Yet the budgets for research that can produce this kind...
May 14, 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 Lean...
July 12, 2018
Plenary What good is a competitive landscape if it's already 4 weeks old? Why wait weeks to identify assets for licensing if you can do it in minutes? It’s a fast-paced world with knowledge as a...