How do companies deal with potentially disruptive technologies?
Within Fraunhofer disruption field study, companies were asked about how they manage potentially disruptive technologies at different stages from identification, through development to implementation – in comparison to other technologies.
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Ingenuity in the face of crisis gives hope for a strong recovery
“We are reviewing how innovative SME's have changed their strategies over the last 100 days, says Alberto Di Minin. "This has given me hope." As Europe adapts to the ‘new normal’ there is evidence that knowledge-based companies are rising...
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Pirelli’s approach to Technology Roadmapping
Globalization has meant that the development of tyres has become increasingly complex and dynamic. Guido Amati, R&D Project Portfolio Management at Pirelli Tyres describes Pirelli's approach to Technology Roadmapping
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Effective decision-making in R&D: a case study using biofilms
Deciding which project to progress when the technologies and applications are diverse is a challenge that faces many innovation managers. In this guest blog Mark Richardson, CEO of the National Biofilms Innovation Centre, discusses how he resolved this problem...
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Is the media sustainable? Interview with Paavo Ritala
The sustainability of the media industry is one of the issues that is of interest to Paavo Ritala, Professor of Strategy & Innovation at LUT University. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that information provider and 'watch-dog' are among the...
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Ambidextrous organisational design – balancing radical innovation with daily business
How do you balance the generation of short-term profit, gained from the exploitation of existing knowledge and success patterns, with long-term success to be achieved from building up new knowledge, new solutions and new structures? Patrick Olivan, with the...
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