January 01, 2009
OVERVIEW: Even large firms cannot mobilize all the ideas, technology, business expertise, and market channels they need to deliver breakthrough products. A new model is rapidly emerging in which...
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Alliances/Collaborations
November 01, 2010
Leaders of five working groups report on the status of their work: Sustainability in R&D; Collaboration Continuum; Business Models for Collaborative Relationships; R&D Leadership Skills/...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: The Industry-Defined Fundamental Research program is designed to bring together industrial and academic researchers to develop basic science in areas important for the success of American...
September 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: Open innovation (OI) has become a mainstream organizational process. Firms are establishing OI groups, allocating budgets, and measuring results. In this article, we identify twelve “good...
July 01, 2010
Since Henry Chesbrough published Open Innovation (2003), the paradigm he described has been a subject of great interest and experimentation in corporations. Chesbrough defined open innovation as...
May 01, 2016
The protagonist in Vernor Vinge’s 1981 short story “True Names†uses a global communication net to hack into civilian and defense networks, gain control over thousands of computers, and turn them...
May 01, 2016
"Asymmetric" partnerships between technology-based start-ups and large firms represent one route by which an open innovation strategy can be implemented. Asymmetric partnerships can provide benefits...
January 01, 2010
Firms moving to a model in which they complement their internal innovation efforts with innovation from external sources need to manage their intellectual property carefully. This requires careful...
January 01, 2010
No company or nation will remain in a leadership position without continuous innovation, strategic investment in R&D, and effective means for realizing the greatest value from discoveries and...
March 04, 2016
Authors Laura Shoppe, Fuentek,LLC, and Richard Chylla, Michigan State University, explore the ins and outs of partnering with government labs and universities. (Based on their article in Research-...
March 02, 2016
In his column for our January issue, Roger Smith offered a provocative view of bureaucracy, considering it as both an innovation in itself and also—counter to accepted wisdom—a necessary enabler of...
March 02, 2016
It is increasingly difficult for firms to innovate by themselves, or even with a network of transactional partners. The pace of technological change, the diversity of capabilities required to deliver...
March 02, 2016
In today’s dynamic technology environment, firms in high-tech industries often enter into R&D alliances to overcome internal resource constraints and complement in-house R&D efforts. While...
January 2016 - September 2017 This was a joint research effort with APQC . Deliverables Download the full report and case studies. Brown bag webinar: Summary of the findings Research Approach...
Friday March 04, 2016 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Gain tips and useful resources for navigating the partnerships between industry and research institutions.
March 13, 2013
Elements of collaboration, tools available, using people as collaborators https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentations/22777