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The economic rise in emerging markets – especially in China and India – has created a new market segment, variously referred to as the ‘middle’ market and sometimes the ‘good-enough’ market. However, there are some misconceptions around the different innovation types in this area which may limit the ability to derive informed implications for strategy and operations.
A ‘fast-start’ method for technology roadmapping discussed in this paper, provides a means for improved understanding of the architecture of roadmaps and for rapidly initiating roadmapping in a variety of organizational contexts, says Clare Farruk
RADMA funded fieldwork for Xuezi Ma’s research on plastic reduction in packaging for the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector. She interviewed 15 companies across Europe producing 20 case-studies.
The collaborative industrial-academic development of management toolkits is still a novel concept, writes Clare Farrukh. She introduces a paper that discusses the potential of these tools. Key principles for developing
Design thinking is challenging because it involves something more fundamental than managing change: It involves discovering what change is needed. Rick Mitchell has found this paper in Harvard Business Review of interest.
In a first-of-its-kind ranking, the PMI showcases the transformative power of projects and how project management has helped turn these ideas into reality.
As Tesla engineers announce they are extending the life expectance of car batteries to 10 years. This RADMA scholar discusses his interest in the one million mile electric car
With the increase in use of online ideation platforms to harness creativity, it is important that ideas are fairly judged, without bias, and that the truly best ones bubble up to the top, comments Phil Kennedy.
The most effect bringers of new external ideas into an organisation, comments Phil Kennedy are individuals that are not only tech-savvy but business-savvy. He reviews a paper on absorptive capacity and offers learning points for new product development.
Maximising value from strategic resources, is the most influential motivation for R&D collaboration. Kyung Ju Han found hospitals partnered with universities to gain grant funding and SME’s to shorten the lead time from lab to clinic.
For 40 years RADMA has supported research and provided opportunities to share best practice
Digitisation and connectivity are changing the product lifecycle model comments Antti Lyyra, support by RADMA allowed him to present his paper at the Innovation and Product Development Management Conference.
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