Integrating sustainable value thinking into technology forecasting: a configurable toolset
Sustainable value gives longer term business return because it delivers the triple bottom line of economic, environmental and social value. However, current assessment methods are essentially audits and can only be used when every detail of an innovation are...
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Portfolio management tools and approaches
The aim of portfolio management is to ensure that a sensible set of innovation projects is supported by the company, for example balancing risk against reward.
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
To fail fast can save enormous waste later in the product lifecycle. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), enables potential errors or faults to be predicted during the early design stages and it is used by many companies as...
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Must read papers on aspects of R&D Management
Want to know about R&D Management but too busy to read all the journals? The editors for R&D Today have each selected a journal and have made a selection of the most interesting papers of recent years.
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Technology roadmapping – a framework for evolution and revolution – a review
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
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Developing industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits – a review
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 industrially relevant strategic technology management toolkits Kerr, Farrukh, Phaal...
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