R&D

Returns to innovation appear to be declining.

Scientists have a good sense of which family of viruses will cause the next pandemic.

A study of pharmaceutical firms finds that it leads to valuable collaborations.

It's about discovery, incubation, and acceleration.

Keep teams small and share work equally.

Public firms invest more in R&D than private ones.

Many economists argue that monopolies stifle innovation. But before the breakup, AT&T and its R&D units constituted probably the most potent innovation...

Innovation requires market demand.

And what makes their initiatives successful.

How big companies are joining forces to seize opportunities at their intersections

How companies like Microsoft and IBM achieve their staying power.

For many established companies, becoming more effective marketers is a matter of fine tuning—increasing expenditures on promotion and advertising or reorganizing the sales force. For high-technology companies, becoming effective marketers is often a matter of starting from scratch. Such companies typically derive their initial strength from the innovations provided by the research and development function. […]

Advances in genetic research are setting off an industrial convergence that will have profound implications for the global economy. Farmers, computer companies, drugmakers, chemical processors, and health care providers will all be drawn into the new life-science industry. To make the transition successfully, they’ll have to change the way they think about their businesses…

For digital companies, it’s an essential part of operations.

Research partnerships can benefit society, too.

Better treatment depends on it.

Private R&D spending is actually increasing; it’s public investment that’s down.

Even more than technical expertise, it’s the ability to connect the dots that drives innovative product design, says Dan Williams, who is widely known for the work he did on mobile phones when he was Motorola’s design director. Now, as the creative director for the design and innovation firm TZ Limited, Williams has turned his […]

In 1985 the architect Michael Graves designed his first consumer product--a now famous teakettle--for Alessi, the northern Italian home-furnishings manufacturer....

Collaborating with governments, businesses, and research institutions.