March 01, 1996
Interest in capturing external technology is clearly rising within the R&D management community, and companies are exploring many forms of business relationships with external technology sources...
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May 01, 1984
The sudden popularity of technology transfer as a problem to be solved makes me feel a little like the protagonist in Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilbomme. Upon acquiring an education late in life, he...
Ideas Phase Cases Blue Sky Projects Market Potential for Existing Product in Unknown Market Open Innovation Delat Structuring Poor Information Concept Phase Cases Transfer to Business Unit Transition...
What should IRI tell the President about the barriers to advanced manufacturing? With a focus on new approaches and options that could be added to the President's platform, what might the government...
IRI is home to a worldwide network of cross-industry leaders interested in driving innovation and new growth -- representing small specialty companies, large global corporations, government labs, and...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: It’s 1880—should the son of a Pennsylvania farmer plan to take over the family farm, or move to Pittsburgh for a job in the new steel mills? It’s 1980—should a Pittsburgh high school...
2019 Fall Networks Conference Registration is now open September 23 - 25, 2019 (Fort Worth, TX) Check out the agenda What is the Intellectual Assets Management Network? The Intellectual Assets...
Who manages your IP? How is the leadership role defined for your IP management function? What are the distinct job responsibilities for this role? How does this role fit within your organization – is...
October 15, 2014
How to Turn Problem Solvers into Solution Seekers by Dismantling Boundaries at Work Denver, CO (October 15, 2014 )—Despite the growing pressure to adopt open, distributed models of innovation, very...
How does your company reward people who are granted patents? We are trying to harmonize the various practices across our company for rewarding people who receive patents and would like to benchmark...
January 01, 2013
As this issue of RTM arrives in your mail-box, IRI—our publisher—enters its 75th year. It does so at what John Seely Brown would call a Cambrian moment for innovation, an era of explosive change with...
November 01, 2018
Early in my career, as part of a corporate culture exercise, I was introduced to the nine-dot problem. By now almost anyone connected with R&D or innovation has seen it. The challenge is to...
What is Your Experience with Open Innovation Firms? What has been your experience (positive or negative) using Open Innovation firms (i.e.: Innocentive, Nine Sigma, Yet2.com; others) to communicate...
March 07, 2016
"Big Data isn't a solution-it's a problem" Presented by: Mike Blackburn & Jeff Alexander Spring 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentation...
The value of technology output from an R&D organization according to objective product features and benefits, customer ratings, and economic value.
This group gives you an opportunity to stay active in the networking and learning activities of IRI, and provide valuable assistance to the organization based on your skills and experience. Keep...