Meetings are a waste of time
Here is some data that would make your day First a survey that suggests Businesses Waste 4.8 Hours Per Week Scheduling […]
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R&D Management
Impact of Incentive Bonus Plan
Here is a cool article from Management Science on Empirical Examination of Goals and Performance-to-Goal Following the Introduction of an Incentive
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Specification and Design of Embedded Hardware-Software Systems
For last few months, I have been working on developing a new design flow that brings ASIC like reuse and
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Top 10 R&D spending Firms
Some good benchmarking data from Booz & Co. and Christian Science Monitor at R&D spending: Here are the Top 10
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China’s Drones Raise Eyebrows at Air Show – WSJ.com
Here is an interesting article in the WSJ with significant impact on long-term R&D strategy: China’s Drones Raise Eyebrows at Air
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NSF Innovation Survey
The National Science Foundation has released preliminary results of their innovation survey: nsf.gov – SRS NSF Releases New Statistics on
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Case study on too much of a vision?
The article on Ars Technica about OLPC’s Negroponte offers to help India realize $35 tablet could be an interesting case study on
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Strategic Thinking and Dependence on Forecasts
An interesting article in McKinsey Quarterly with significant implications or R&D strategy: Applying global trends: A look at China’s auto industry.
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Finding Competitive Advantage in Adversity
HBR article Finding Competitive Advantage in Adversity has some important learnings for R&D managers: Unlike many managers whose instincts are to hunker
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Exploratory and Exploitative Market Learning
A quick note from Using Exploratory and Exploitative Market Learning for New Product Development divides R&D organizational learning into two types: Exploratory
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