November 01, 2018
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
March 01, 2004
New Books and Reports for Leaders of Technological Innovation Strategy Maps: Converting Intagible Assets into Tangible Outcomes, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton The Impact of Academic Research...
September 21, 2020
Three lessons from Covid-19 on accelerating biopharma innovation The health care research ecosystem has shifted into overdrive in response to Covid-19, sparking unprecedented speed and agility. The...
July 01, 2007
Virtually all businesses set stretching growth goals. While the strategies on how to achieve those goals vary greatly, one underlying theme remains constant: game-changing innovation at all levels...
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-...
June 27, 2016
An Interview with Navi Radjou Frugal innovation, jugaad innovation, and reverse innovation have grown in importance in recent years as competitors from emerging markets have demonstrated new ways of...
March 01, 1997
As companies mature, they generally decline in creating new value due to the failure of their internal innovation process. The aging organization comes to be dominated by operations executives, who...
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...