• DocumentCode
    1085273
  • Title

    Converting investment into profit [innovation productivity]

  • Author

    Percival, Donald ; Reid, J.

  • Author_Institution
    PRTM, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    This article addresses the five most immediate steps for any company struggling to realize a return on investment from their R&D activities. Each lever is designed to help companies ask the right questions in order to improve efficiency and drive change.
  • Keywords
    innovation management; investment; product development; productivity; profitability; R&D activities; R&D innovation productivity; architecture leverage; knowledge leverage; organisational leverage; pipeline management; platform leverage; portfolio management; process leverage; product development; profit; return on investment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0960-7919
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    1668760