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December 2014

Next-Generation Product Cost Management

A holistic and networked approach to cost-efficient products beyond one-time efforts

Companies in the manufacturing industry today have to face a variety of challenges emerging from volatile market environments and increasing competitive pressure. Product cost management plays an increasing role in sustaining profitability and competitiveness. The Arthur D. Little approach...
Industrial goods & services, Technology & innovation management
December 2014

Creating the Optimal R&D Organization

Designing R&D organizational structures, processes and governance to enhance business value

However organizational structures for R&D in large international companies are often sub-optimal, and act as a major barrier to performance improvement. From our extensive work with the R&D functions of global companies we have identified 8 imperatives to ensure a successful transformation...
Organization & transformation, Technology & innovation management
November 2014

Global open innovation survey

Many speakers from large and medium-sized French companies participated. Following the conference, several dimensions will be developed in 2015 to propose pragmatic solutions for overcoming the roadblocks to Open Innovation that were identified in the study.
Technology & innovation management
July 2014

How to manage your return on investment in innovation

In any company around the globe investment in innovation and R&D is under critical scrutiny. Is it going to the right places and is the amount spent exactly appropiate? Is the company getting the best return on its innovation spend? These are questions that any CTO today must be able to answer...
Technology & innovation management
July 2014

Innovation in the healthcare space

The business model of the pharmaceutical industry is changing fast: The era of blockbuster medications with big margins is over. Instead, patient-centric medication is the way forward. While the industry is still grappling with these facts competition from another side is entering the field: tech...
Healthcare & life sciences, Technology & innovation management
July 2014

The next act in cloud computing

The cloud and the Internet form the backbone of global commerce and have enabled countless new businesses and innovations. The network behind it, though, has grown in an unplanned way, and consequent weaknesses in the architecture of the web must be addressed. The telecoms industry has therefore...
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME), Technology & innovation management
July 2014

Healthcare Innovation

Value Creation in a Patient-Centric Healthcare Ecosystem

The discovery, development, manufacturing, delivery, and sales of specialty pharmaceuticals require new and advanced tools, technologies, and expertise. While these structural changes present significant challenges to traditional pharmaceutical manufacturers to comply with new health regulations,...
Healthcare & life sciences, Technology & innovation management
May 2014

Leveraging ICT for a World-Class Education System

Momentous ICT-Enabled Opportunities Lie Ahead for the Education System

It is widely accepted that education is paramount in a knowledge-based society. Young Shim Dho, South Korea’s ambassador to UNWTO, once said, “Education is what transformed our country from poverty to the 14th-largest economy in the world.” Yet, education itself is today on the brink of the most...
Public services, Technology & innovation management
April 2014

Capability Roadmapping – developing the means to an end

Technology roadmaps can be a powerful tool to align research and technology development activities with business aims. However, they are not so helpful when it comes to defining exactly how the company can get there. This article takes the concept of roadmapping one step further, looking at the...
Technology & innovation management
February 2014

The Connected Car – Finally Coming True?

Die Vision des “Connected Car” oder allgemeiner des “Connected Vehicle” besteht schon seit Längerem, allerdings ohne signifikanten Einfluss auf die Industrie. Durch die zunehmende Bedeutung des mobilen Internets steht das Thema heute ganz oben auf der Agenda der OEMs. Trotz standardisierter und...
Automotive, Technology & innovation management