Answering the question “What is the value of R&D activity?”
The question that all R&D managers are asked is "What value will this activity generate for the company, its products and services?” In her paper Valerie Lynch explores the ways that this thorny question can be answered.
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Open Innovation between established and emerging bio-pharmaceuticals
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...
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New models of corporate incubation create ‘engines of innovation’
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
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What motivates makers in open source hardware development?
"What motivates highly skilled people with closely related daily jobs to contribute to open source hardware projects, in their spare time?" ask researchers J. Piet Hausberg and Sebastian Spaeth
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Direct coaching supports SMEs with inbound knowledge transfer from university
Could coaching provide the support that SME's require to improve their innovation activities? In a pilot 10 SMEs were introduced to strategy and technology management tools developed through research and given coaching on applying these tools to their own...
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Tool Fingerprinting: Characterising Management Tools
Management tools and techniques such as roadmapping, portfolio management methods and scenario planning are considered useful for a variety of business issues, but there is a need for a more stable approach.
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