R&D Today
R&D Today – sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
R&D Today aims to share knowledge, new approaches and well proven techniques, it is the outreach site for the Research and Development Management Association (RADMA), a charitable organisation that supports research, best practice and education.
The intention is to signpost resources, papers and tools that would be of value to someone working in R&D and innovation management. All content is credited and referenced back to the source in line with the fair use doctrine.
We have found the Pentathlon provides a useful framework for discussion – click through the slides below to explore further.
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Our Themes
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
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Preparations for the 2020 R&D Management Conference Innovation across Boundaries: Historical Reflections and Future Vision (27 June -1 July, Glasgow) have already begun – more information.
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Breaking the mold – using the power of convergence to accelerate growth – a review
Convergence of technologies creates the opportunity for disruptive business models, Steve Bone reviews an article in Prism which identifies a number of potential scenarios for the chemical industry.
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Financial benefits of moving from products to product-services
Manufacturing companies have increasingly shifted towards offering industrial product-services. Authors of this paper report that although simple add-on services offer a limited impact, more advanced services are significantly associated with positive financial performance.
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How 100 innovative companies outperformed the competition
The practices of 100 innovative companies were reviewed in this paper, which looks at how innovation has become a major brand differentiator.
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ORONA finding the right innovation management tools for SMEs
Orona-EIC made an analysis of the impact of particular Innovation Management Tools on its cooperative research model. It found the most valuable tools to be: collaborative project management, portfolio management, roadmapping, scenario techniques.
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Approaches to resource-constrained innovation in emerging markets
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...
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R&D Today sharing ideas, good practice and innovation in R&D management.
There is no shortage of challenges facing R&D managers, but sources of practical help can be in short supply. To assist we have selected a number of themes that are of wide interest:
– technology strategy
– ideation and creativity
– managing the pipeline
– open innovation
– roadmapping
– managing international R&D
For each we have invited two guest editors, a practitioner and an academic, to curate a useful resource for each.
View more about our themes here.
The Pentathlon Framework
Without risk you cannot have game-changing innovation
The key to successful innovation is to fail fast at the front-end, where the impact on the business can be managed.
The Pentathlon Framework can be used to describe a structured process that removes the risk of failure as ideas progress through the ‘Innovation Funnel’.
Read more about the Pentathlon Framework here.
Latest news
Breaking the mold – using the power of convergence to accelerate growth – a review
Convergence of technologies creates the opportunity for disruptive business models, Steve Bone reviews an article in Prism which identifies a number of potential scenarios for the chemical industry.
Read more
Financial benefits of moving from products to product-services
Manufacturing companies have increasingly shifted towards offering industrial product-services. Authors of this paper report that although simple add-on services offer a limited impact, more advanced services are significantly associated with positive financial performance.
Read more
How 100 innovative companies outperformed the competition
The practices of 100 innovative companies were reviewed in this paper, which looks at how innovation has become a major brand differentiator.
Read more
ORONA finding the right innovation management tools for SMEs
Orona-EIC made an analysis of the impact of particular Innovation Management Tools on its cooperative research model. It found the most valuable tools to be: collaborative project management, portfolio management, roadmapping, scenario techniques.
Read more
Approaches to resource-constrained innovation in emerging markets
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...
Read moreSee all news >>
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