Contextual Specificity in R&D Management
Designing a new electric car or developing a new treatment for Covid - the technologies required set the context for innovation and will influence: risk, timescales, IP strategy, financing requirements and more. This track on contextual specificity at the...
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Which projects are most suited to an Agile approach?
A survey of companies attending STIM events through 2019 and 2020 showed that there is growing interest in the application of Agile project management processes. In discussions it was revealed that more guidance on the types of projects where...
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Accelerating new product development
"Now is the time to re-think the firm’s innovation process and methods," argues Robert G.Cooper, best known for the development of StageGate, a new product development process that is widely used by multinational organisations. In his recent paper “Accelerating...
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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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Management Innovation: a processual approach through practices and bundles of practices
The Covid-19 crisis has stimulated the adoption of a number of managerial innovations, says Caroline Mattelin-Pierrard. She observes that one innovation - 'the liberated company' - provides opportunities for an organisation to develop greater agility.
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Could a frugal approach offer long term benefits for healthcare provision?
Could the frugal approach adopted during the pandemic to rapidly develop new healthcare products and services offer long lasting benefits to the sector? This is the question discussed by authors Cadeddu, Ahuja and Alami in their paper exploring how...
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