January 01, 2012
New Rules and Roles for the R&D “Lab†of the Future In May 2007, Richard Antcliff challenged IRI members with a presentation asserting the notion that “three tsunamis†were about to break upon R...
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January 01, 2012
The Industrial Research Institute's (IRI) 2011 survey of member companies suggests a general optimism about R&D in-vestments for 2012. This year, 104 companies across a broad range of industries...
November 01, 2013
IRI’s Research-on-Research working groups held meetings at IRI’s Diamond Jubilee in Washington, DC. Five groups report on the status of their work, describe ongoing initiatives, and summarize...
November 01, 2013
As part of its 75th anniversary celebration, IRI commissioned the IRI2038 initiative, a strategic foresights project asking how events, developments, and emerging trends might shape the art and...
September 01, 2013
OVERVIEW: Critical metals are high-value elements used in very small amounts that provide key functionality to technology products. These metals are crucial for the functioning of a technological...
September 01, 2013
Two types of scenarios are commonly used to explore the future in a structured fashion: deductive and inductive. Deductive scenarios take a top-down approach, producing scenarios that allow leaders...
May 01, 2013
IRI2038 has moved into the extrapolation phase (Figure 1.) In this stage of the project, we are using implications wheels and expert panels to project potential future impacts of the trends and weak...
March 01, 2013
The IRI2038 project will explore plausible yet provocative scenarios for the future of R&D management. Using backcasting techniques, the project will consider how IRI and its members can prepare...
January 01, 2013
The IRI2038 project will explore plausible yet provocative scenarios for the future of R&D management. Using backcasting techniques, the project will consider how IRI and its members can prepare...
November 01, 2014
Augmented Reality: Establishing Interoperability Standards; Innovation Culture; Institutionalizing Innovation Competency through People; Managing Remotely; Pragmatic Analytics for Project Risk...
March 01, 2015
Digital technology is clearly changing the products and services that we use every day, but Youngjin Yoo sees a much more fundamental change. He believes the rise of digital technology is changing...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics I. Technology Value Pyramid consists of a hierarchy of categories of metrics: Value Creation : Metrics which directly...
Depending on particular needs of stakeholders or of decisions to be taken, different categories and factors should be examined. In addition, time periods (unit of analysis) should be adjusted for different industries, technologies and types of R&D.
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics process stage 4.gif Metrics assessing the efficiency of the Stage IV process Quality of personnel Internal customer rating...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics process stage 3.gif Metrics assessing the efficiency of the Stage III processes Cycle time Market cycle time Project...
Background | User Guide | Program Contents | Stakeholders | List of Metrics process stage 2.gif Metrics assessing the efficiency of the Stage I process Cycle time Market cycle time Project management...