December 14, 2020
Looking forward to next year? Who isn’t! The guiding principle for IRI in 2021, we will be operating as a virtual organization. We will deliver exceptional value, including networking, research, and...
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July 01, 2017
“Welcome to the Top Secret R&D lab of Big House Inc. We are working on some of the most confidential and innovative products in the world here. All of you have signed a strict NDA so you cannot...
November 01, 2017
Five years ago, IRI celebrated its 75th anniversary by looking back over the accomplishments of the Institute and its members and envisioning what the next 75 years will bring. While much has changed...
March 01, 2004
One way we can serve our customers better is by assuring that all associates, employees and partners have access to the same information when making business decisions. This is the focus of the...
May 14, 2018
I was invited to visit China for the first time in 1989, to speak about expert systems, then at the forefront of practical AI. At that time, technology transfer from the West to China was a one-way...
November 01, 2018
In my heart, I always knew that I would go into public service, that I needed to do something that was mission driven. I studied foreign service in college; after I graduated I taught English in the...
January 01, 2020
Interest in “air taxis” has been around as long as airplanes themselves. These flying cars have long seemed a far-off dream, but new developments mean they could take off commercially as early as...
October 17, 2012
Social Networking in Business Today Stage: reporting Social networks are becoming increasingly important form of communication within R&D organizations, projects and teams. Social networks enable...
July 01, 2018
The environment in which industrial R&D operates is continuing to evolve, at a pace that seems to be ever increasing. Within the enduring elements of R&D leadership—management of staff and...
Knowledge management best practices.
May 14, 2018
When I wrote “Effective Strategies to Catch Up in the Era of Globalization” in 2011, I wanted to report a research finding that I believed very important: that globalization was posing huge...
November 01, 2018
Mark Johnson is a senior partner and co-founder of the management consultancy Innosight. His new book, Reinvent Your Business Model, draws on his experience helping companies respond to disruptive...
January 20, 2017
It is common for leaders of large companies and other organizations to feel frustrated by the way innovation happens—or doesn’t—in their organizations. They wonder why development of a new offering...
May 08, 2012
Adventures Beyond The Core David N. Edwards , Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Avery Dennison All successful companies know how to innovate in their core, serving known customers in known...
May 01, 2017
News and Analysis of the Global Innovation Scene Bright Future for Renewables is Good News for Climate The science of climate change is established—there is a virtual consensus that the earth’s...
January 20, 2017
This issue begins RTM’s 60th continuous year of publication. Originally called Research Management, it was founded as a journal by and for practitioners of research and development in order to share...