July 12, 2018
Breakout Session Chantrelle Nielsen tells the story of how her startup pioneered a new market for a dataset that had never been use before – signals produced as a byproduct of knowledge worker...
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Knowledge Management
June 05, 2018
Learn about IRI's new TRACK program and how we can help you fill in training gaps in your career. https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/1171/video_presentations/109788
February 08, 2018
Corporate libraries or information centers are uniquely positioned to adapt their services to the ever-changing needs of the organizations they serve. This brief survey will help gain insight into...
January 01, 2004
As a knowledge business, R&D depends on the smooth, collaborative flow of information and ideas among scientists and engineers. Successful teams generate knowledge and share it freely, building...
March 07, 2017
Where do you live? By this, I mean where do you spend your time? I realized recently that many of the people who coexist with me in my physical world actually live in different places. I spend much...
May 01, 2005
Intangible assets, such as knowledge and intellectual property, play a critical role in a company’s ability to generate and sustain a competitive advantage. Thus it comes as no surprise that...
September 01, 2006
Strategic business communities played an important role in the efforts of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and J-Phone Co., Ltd. to expand the market for mobile telecommunications in Japan. They are the foundation...
July 01, 2006
“Pete Gettings,†XYZ’s personnel director was briefing “Tom Evers,†R&D vice president, on the latest, alarming, retirement statistics he had read (1). “The essence is that American companies are...
July 01, 2006
As the 76 million baby boomers, who represent 28 percent of the U.S. working population, begin retiring, organizations face a knowledge and capability crisis. The experience, knowledge, skills, and...
May 01, 2006
The phrase “knowledge is power†may be a cliche ´, yet in today’s business environment it is as true a statement as ever. In fact, knowledge is a unique company resource because its value actually...
May 01, 2006
Given the exploding information on nanoscience, how are managers seeking and finding this knowledge? Predominately through the operation of social networks is the conclusion of an ongoing...
September 12, 2016
Leveraging collective wisdom and experience to accelerate innovation and responsiveness. Presented by: Denise Callihan Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/...
August 30, 2016
When Marshall McLuhan wrote, “The medium is the message,†he meant to emphasize the implications of any new technology (or medium) beyond the specific context of its use (or content of its message)...
September 01, 2008
Technology executives are increasingly being called upon to find innovation opportunities along the technological frontier. To do this properly, they need a special kind of technological knowledge—...
January 01, 2008
Manufacturing firms whose project teams acquire departmental intelligence—the ability to understand and take others’ departmental perspectives—are more successful at product improvement. This is the...
January 01, 2008
R&D support groups make essential contributions to the process of innovation and can help speed time-to-market, yet the role they play is often overlooked or undervalued relative to that of their...