May 10, 2017
Express Learning Technology transfer refers to the formal licensing of technology to third parties under the guidance of professionals employed by the relevant institution owning the intellectual...
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Open Innovation
May 11, 2017
"IRI has been helping companies learn about better ways to manage R&D for decades," said Chesbrough. "My own open innovation research has benefited greatly from IRI, and from close observation of several of its member companies."
March 22, 2017
This presentation will include an overview of open innovation, including the drivers and benefits of open innovation. It will discuss the characteristics of successful open innovation endeavors,...
March 07, 2017
As a form of crowdsourcing, idea competitions offer a mechanism to engage larger groups in innovation activities. While much of the literature on crowdsourcing focuses on idea competitions that cross...
January 20, 2017
Consumers develop many valuable products—and reveal their unprotected designs to others—as “free innovations.†1 1 This article offers a brief sketch of the concept and importance of free innovation...
January 20, 2017
Open innovation emerged as a concept about 14 years ago. At its inception, the focus was primarily upon individual companies collaborating with partners in interesting ways. There was the example of...
January 20, 2017
It is common for leaders of large companies and other organizations to feel frustrated by the way innovation happens—or doesn’t—in their organizations. They wonder why development of a new offering...
September 01, 2006
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the world’s only combined gases and chemicals company, operates in over 30 countries, serving customers in the technology, energy, healthcare, and industrial markets...
May 01, 2006
Technology transfer has become an increasingly important mission of federal laboratories in the United States, with results that benefit the government, private companies, and the U.S. economy...
May 01, 2006
Companies continuously seek to innovate more quickly and more effectively both within and often beyond their core markets and product lines. This has resulted in the practice of “open innovationâ€...
May 01, 2006
In the increasingly competitive landscape, there is a growing demand for companies to be innovative. However, the concept of innovation is confounded by the central question of what makes a product...
September 12, 2016
New Research on New Product Blueprinting Presented by: Dan Adams Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentation...
September 12, 2016
Steps involved in major innnovations: customer experiences, product/service offerings and business configurations. Presented by: Andy Shafer Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/...
March 07, 2016
WFGM: Why the difference between Actual vs Target Speed Presented by: Mario Moniz Spring 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentation...
September 12, 2016
How to improve supplier innovation relationships Presented by: Gene Slowinski Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentation...
September 12, 2016
Focus on partnering motivations and mechanisms as well as highlight partnership success stories. Presented by: Ben Cook, Jason Martinez, Peter Christensen, Joe Fox, Courtney Silverthorn Fall 2016...