May 01, 2010
How to achieve a sustained competitive advantage that ensures long-term survival is a major concern for managers everywhere, but even more so for those in smaller firms, which may have more...
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Strategic Planning
May 01, 2010
Many companies lack a clearly articulated and well-communicated product innovation and technology strategy. Such a strategy is essential and is strongly linked to positive performance in product...
May 01, 2010
Innovation strategy helps a company in three ways: exciting its customers, outperforming competitors, and building a new product portfolio. The literature describes many frameworks for innovation...
March 01, 2010
Technology management tools, such as technology roadmapping, have received significant attention in Rolls-Royce and other manufacturing organizations. Yet, these tools have often been treated and...
March 01, 2010
Risk is a powerful force in innovative organizations for the obvious reason that it means the future outcomes of decisions are uncertain and, less obviously, because it can foster decision biases...
January 01, 2010
During the first half of 2009, the Research & Technology Executive Council of the Corporate Executive Board interviewed and surveyed R&D executives ( 1 ) from over 100 global companies ( 2 )...
January 01, 2010
Although the world has changed drastically in the past year, the need for businesses to invent products that people want and are willing to pay for has not changed. At The Dow Chemical Company, this...
March 02, 2016
OVERVIEW: Technology decisions are of central importance to firms focused on innovation. Research has provided support for a wide variety of approaches to technology decision making. This...
(Develop self-assessment matrix to identify performance level of companies based on several key elements of the planning process) Addressing one of the key factors for business success of a firm, the...
(Study influence of organizational, operational,and process variables on innovation) This subcommittee obtained financial support from NSF for a proposal from the University of Cincinnati to identify...
February 28, 2012
This subject was studied by the group “Technology and Business Integration,†culminating in a paper published in RTM in 2004. The subject was studied because many members felt that their technology...
May 04, 2010
Many organizations have experienced a dramatic shift in the structure of their business during the past year. These business changes create both challenges and opportunities to R&D strategies and...
May 24, 2011
What is the new normal of innovation? Has the economy truly changed and do we need to change with it? Explore these questions with the world’s top innovation practitioners and thought leaders...
November 09, 2011
A significant number of organizations, and therefore their R&D operations, have gone through a major transition since the economic collapse in 2008/2009. For most companies, this means doing more...
October 16, 2012
Innovation is a team sport, with many facets contributing to its success for a company. R&D leadership is a critical shifting point -- focusing on how R&D helps drive a company’s strategy for...
May 22, 2013
75 years ago, the founding members of IRI shared a vision of problem solving through idea exchange and mutual cross-industry collaboration – this was the beginning of IRI's value proposition. IRI's...