“Green Check Your Idea” – assess the environmental impact of innovation ideas
The Green Check Your Idea tool helps innovation managers prepare an initial assessment of potential environmental impacts and to draw up proposals for improvement. It enables environmental effects be examined more closely and optimised in early innovation phases.
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Agile practices in the development of physical products: buzzword or opportunity?
Agile practices originated in the software domain but are increasingly applied to the development of physical products. A multiple case-study involving 17 manufacturing companies from a variety of industries was conducted to understand how agile is currently applied in...
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Opportunity for PhD students to meet peers and leading academics in R&D Research
The Doctoral Colloquium of the R&D Management Conference 2021 will be held on 6 July 2021. This vibrant online event, will take a workshop style to enable students to receive customised feedback on their work from established researchers.
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Could a frugal approach offer long term benefits for healthcare provision?
Could the frugal approach adopted during the pandemic to rapidly develop new healthcare products and services offer long lasting benefits to the sector? This is the question discussed by authors Cadeddu, Ahuja and Alami in their paper exploring how...
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What is the business model for autonomous vehicles? Work with or compete with traditional private cars?
Considerable investment is being made in autonomous vehicles, but it is the business model that will determine if they win or fail, says Dr Maurizio Catulli.
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Ten ways to design successful corporate startup collaborations
Corporate accelerators provide a unique platform for longterm growth and renewal; offering mutual benefits for corporations and startups, argues Thomas Kohler. He identifies 10 characteristics of successful corporate accelerators.
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