Welcome to the December
R&D Today Newsletter!
Innovation in a time of change is the theme of this newsletter. Do companies that maintain investment in R&D during a recession have a competitive advantage? Can a move towards energy efficiency stimulate other benefits? Can understanding the dynamics within an academic partner increase the success of technology collaborations?
As always if you would like to comment or contribute a post of your own please do get in touch - we look forward to hearing from you.
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Can openness enhance a firm’s performance in an economic downturn?
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Observations suggest that Open Innovation in a downturn can help build resilience; Joon Mo Ahn, Letizia Mortara and Tim Minshall test this hypothesis with an analysis of the UK CIS data and advise on a the most successful strategies.
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The low carbon transition stimulates innovation
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Thinking creatively about the low carbon transition can stimulate new thinking and motivate staff to innovate, bringing big benefits to the bottom line, both now and in the immediate future. Anne Miller explains how.
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International R&D podcast:
Equilibrium, academics and policies
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Setting up technology transfer transactions can be a minefield in which programs can fail despite having excellent technology and market potential. Cameron Begley and Allison Haitz discuss some of the reasons for this; in particular the idea that a dynamic equilibrium exists across this spectrum from pure science to applied technology.
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R&D Management Conference – call for papers
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The conference tracks for the R&D Management Conference 2018 have been announced and a call for papers has now opened. A description of the tracks is featured on the website.
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Spaces for innovation and FAB labs – call for papers
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A fab space is a collaborative work space for making, learning, exploring and sharing, it could be located within a public or private facility.
To explore how physical spaces can enhance innovation, a special interest group is calling for papers as part of the wider call by the 3rd Abbe’ Gregoire Conference, to be held in Paris April 3-4, 2018.
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The 3rd Abbé Grégoire Innovation Days
3-4 April 2018 at le Cnam, Paris, France
The Abbé Grégoire Innovation Days are annual scientific conferences related to innovation and entrepreneurship topics, with all the disciplinary approaches. This 3rd edition will host more than 30 Special Interest Groups in all fields related to innovation.
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R&D Management Conference 2018:
R&Designing Innovation
2-4 July 2018 at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Digital innovation, the Internet of Things, Big Data and AI are reshaping and transforming society and business – the 2018 Conference will provide a forum for new ideas and thinking on how to adapt management approaches to enable innovation in such a different environment.
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About R&D Today
There are many challenging topics facing R&D managers and sources of objective, practical help can be in short supply. To highlight information and resources that practitioners in R&D management may find useful, R&D Today, the outreach website for RADMA, aims to make knowledge and expertise more widely accessible and to encourage the sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics. |
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