March 05, 2014
ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This proposed ROR seeks to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by IRI members: • Carving out new...
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May 21, 2014
Sustainability-Driven Innovation ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This ROR seeks to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by IRI...
October 29, 2014
Sustainability-Driven Innovation ROR Stage: Conclusion, Report Out and Application Clinic This ROR has explored how sustainability can be used as a source of innovation success and business growth by...
2013 - 2015 Deliverables The Path to Sustainability-Driven Innovation (RTM article) Report-Out 2014 Member Summit Description This ROR sought to explore how sustainability can be used as a source of...
April 28, 2015
Lean Start-Up in Large Organizations ROR Stage: planning Lean Start-Up is a new process for product development that can enhance the stage gate process and is more suitable for developing products...
November 20, 2013
Weak Ties and Innovation ROR Stage: gathering and analyzing data, finalizing research approach This ROR will explore what features of organizational design or social networking help employees...
November 20, 2013
Opportunity Insight to Customer Delight ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This ROR seeks to identify how to increase effectiveness of R&D by delighting customers. Participants explore.....
November 20, 2013
Reinventing Supplier Innovation Relationships ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This ROR seeks to explore how IRI firms structure supplier relationships to: • Identify enabling supplier...
November 20, 2013
Institutionalizing Innovation Competency ROR Stage: gathering & analyzing data This ROR is investigating how firms develop innovation workforce excellence and career paths for innovation experts...
May 21, 2014
Pragmatic Analytics for Managing Project Risks ROR Stage: finalizing research approach, gathering and analyzing data As a body of practice within the R&D community, we aim to significantly expand...
May 02, 2016
OVERVIEW: Many companies see environmental sustainability as a cost--a legal and social obligation requiring investments that may never be recovered--rather than as an opportunity. However,...
Wednesday February 22, 2017 – Friday February 24, 2017
IRI and NC State's Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) partner to bring you the most cutting edge research in R&D management.
Fall 2015 - 2017 Completed October 2017 Deliverables Integrating Sustainability into New Product Development - RTM Journal, March - April 2018 Member Summit 2017 Final Report Out Integrating...
November 20, 2013
Innovation Culture ROR Stage: project forming This ROR will examine how culture within an organization can impact the level of innovation coming from it. The ROR team hypothesizes that there is not...
October 16, 2012
Predicting Future R&D Capabilities to Support Long-Term Business Goals Sam Kogan, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Gen3 Partners Attendees examine how an R&D Department can support the firm’s...
April 28, 2015
Voice of Product: Finding New Sources of Customer Value Sam Kogan, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Gen3 Partners Howard Soriano, Managing Director, Gen3 Partners If your product could speak, what would...