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...
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November 01, 2018
Q: What metrics do you use for your innovation process? Q: What is your vitality index? Step 1: Logged in IRI Members click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session)...
January 20, 2017
Welcome to RTM’s 60th year. In this celebratory first issue of our 60th volume, we’ve mostly celebrated our past by looking ahead to the future—the commentaries that make up the bulk of this issue,...
January 01, 2019
Regular readers of this column will know that I have an on-and-off project aimed at defining the vocabulary of innovation management—taking on the profession’s terms of art in an effort to provide...
September 17, 2017
This special issue is focused on digitalization and the wave of change it’s bringing to R&D, both in how research is done and in how it’s managed. But that wave won’t stop at R&D; it will...
August 16, 2017
What is Your Vitality Index? Vitality Index (new product revenues as a percent of total revenues) is a common metric used to show the innovation effectiveness of an R&D organization. Two IRI...
January 01, 2006
The biotechnology industry is being targeted as an area for future growth by Southeast Asian countries—just as they face increasing competition from basic manufacturing industries in China, India and...
November 12, 2019
Artificial intelligence is already being used for simple writing tasks, like generating basic sports stories and financial reports. The Washington Post, the New York Times, and Forbes use AI-...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Are you standing there waiting for the AI tsunami to hit you and wipe you out, or are you riding the big wave? Professional surfers spend 10–20 times as much time watching waves as they do...
What percentage of projects in a typical innovation portfolio are successfully commercialized? Has anything been published recently that benchmarks the percentage of innovation portfolio projects...
July 01, 2019
Fintech is fast becoming a global phenomenon, led by innovators and followed closely by academics, and now drawing the attention of regulators. Broadly, fintech is an umbrella term for innovative...
May 06, 2019
OVERVIEW: Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future—and always will be. That old joke has served for decades to illustrate the frustration of fusion plasma physicists and policymakers, who...
July 01, 2007
In my previous “Human Side” column, I proposed basic research/technology leadership training under the headings of four Ps: Purpose, Process, People, Presentation (1). I asked readers to let me know...
How do you encourage publications? We are looking for best practices from peer companies. We are a regulated industry where peer reviewed published scientific information has great value...
May 02, 2017
Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid This column is the latest in a series of discussions aimed at defining the vocabulary of innovation management. The object is to take on the profession’s terms...
January 01, 2004
Company leaders, CFOs, the stock market, and the Federal Accounting Standards Board have begun to realize what CTOs and marketers have always known: the greatest driver of value in a company is its...