January 13, 2020
An IRI member who works at a large industrial corporation is seeking to institute a formalized mentorship program. While it currently has a formalized development program, it is seeking information...
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January 01, 2020
More companies are realizing they have a role to play in solving some of the most critical problems of our time. Sustainability, social justice, and community development are now in scope for...
January 01, 2020
Overview: This paper describes mobile market research applications (MMRAs), new Voice of the Customer (VoC) tools that take advantage of the ubiquity of smartphones. MMRAs provide an efficient and...
January 01, 2020
Several approaches to developing new technologies are available to companies, but few studies explore how the development process can reveal hidden opportunities in existing technologies. This paper...
January 01, 2020
Overview: While Agile development approaches to physical products have allowed companies to respond more quickly to change and increase R&D productivity, implementing these approaches also poses...
January 01, 2020
Since 1984, the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI) has surveyed R&D and innovation leaders about their actual activity and R&D budgets for the past year and their expectations and...
January 01, 2020
Rita McGrath has studied innovation, competitive advantage, and how companies can best respond to rapid shifts in the competitive landscape. A major challenge for companies anticipating disruption is...
January 01, 2020
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." —Richard Feynman In Shakespearean literature, the court jester is the only person who can speak truth...
January 01, 2020
Technical innovation involves a fundamental paradox: Inventors want to keep the basic workings of their technologies secret, but the commercial progress and further development of those technologies...
January 01, 2020
In the decade and a half since researchers pulled the first atom-thick flake from a graphite block with transparent plastic tape, graphene’s remarkable properties, and those of its rolled-up cousin,...
January 01, 2020
The mid–twentieth-century introduction of penicillin and the ensuing wave of antimicrobials—antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals that attack harmful microorganisms—transformed the treatment of...
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...
Thursday January 30, 2020 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Today's fast-paced, technology-driven environment requires companies to keep up with innovations in order to stay relevant. Some companies find success using agile methodologies that allow...
January 01, 2020
Logged in users click here for credential verification (only needed once per logged in session) Perspectives Getting the Best out of Academic-Industrial Collaborations Peter Gwynne Europe Powers Up...
January 06, 2020
The following is a collection of all reports, presentations, and articles produced by IRI programs in 2019. Make sure you are logged in to view all of the content. If you do not know your IRIweb...
Thursday January 16, 2020 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Professor Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane's research interests involve how organizations develop strategy, culture, and talent in response to changes in the competitive landscape wrought by digital technology...