collaboration

Ten ways to design successful corporate startup collaborations

By rnd-admin
on 3 March, 2021

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.

Open Innovation between established and emerging bio-pharmaceuticals

By rnd-admin
on 3 March, 2021

In the UK, early stage bio-pharmaceutical companies gain enhanced patenting performance through Open Innovation in contrast to the established companies, which experienced challenges. This is one for the findings by Despoina Filiou and is contrary to the experience in...

New models of corporate incubation create ‘engines of innovation’

By rnd-admin
on 3 March, 2021

To transform themselves into 'engines of innovation', established corporates are adopting powerful new models for engaging with startups, writes Tobias Weiblen and Henry Chesbrough in their paper "Engaging with Startups to Enhance Corporate Innovation" 2015 California Management Review

The challenge of applying TRIZ tool kit for ideation

TRIZ (the theory of inventive problem solving) provides a logical approach to developing creativity...
Valuing and comparing small portfolios

Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...
Using the game 'Top Trumps' as a communications tool

Large R&D centric businesses have a huge asset in the vast experience that exists...
Innovation Fitness Test - a tool to help scoring

John Bessant recommends this tool developed by colleagues in Canada which helps with using...
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

To fail fast can save enormous waste later in the product lifecycle. Failure Mode...