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Could cyber-human technology improve productivity?

By rnd-admin
on 22 January, 2019

Smart glasses could help you be more productive, according to research by a team at IfM investigating how augmented reality affects human work in an industrial setting.

Are these the best (or worst) festive inventions?

By rnd-admin
on 21 December, 2018

By using AI at the front end of invention the ideas are not subject to personal bias. However, human evaluation of the options is still vital to ensure feasibility

Can Agile be used for hardware development?

By rnd-admin
on 12 December, 2018

Can Agile project management methods - widely used in software - be applied in projects involving hardware? Rick Mitchell considers the question.

Sihem Jouini is a professor at HEC Paris. R&D Management Conference Paris

Preparing for the R&D Management Conference

By rnd-admin
on 3 December, 2018

The R&D Management Conference moves about the world and is organised by a new team each time, we asked Sihem Jouini, a professor at HEC Paris, to ask her how she got involved.

Reflections on the Milan R&D Management Conference

By rnd-admin
on 3 December, 2018

I've often been asked what the value of the R&D Management Conference is to a practitioner such as myself. For me, it’s often snippets of ideas that I’ve never come across before.

The problem of plastic: Open Innovation Forum tackles sustainable packaging

By rnd-admin
on 29 November, 2018

The OI Forum tackled the packaging challenge using a structured ‘Design Thinking’ approach to discover new solutions

Call for special track proposals

By rnd-admin
on 12 November, 2018

“The Innovation Challenge: Bridging Research, Industry and Society” is the theme of the 2019 R&D Management Conference, that will take place from 17-21 June 2019 in Paris. There is a call for proposals that will reflect the themes of...

Can creativity help a company survive in turbulent times?

By rnd-admin
on 30 October, 2018

To compete effectively in a marketplace marked by turbulence, those that place an emphasis on the soft skills will have an advantage, argue authors of this paper

Are Triple Helix spaces the future for innovation development?

By rnd-admin
on 30 October, 2018

Knowledge spaces, that focus on collaboration of different actors may provide new ways of producing knowledge that combines relevance and scientific excellence