New Product Development

MIT SMR‘s winter 2022 issue looks at innovation processes in product development and how networks affect culture and diversity.

Mercedes-Benz has embraced open innovation as a way to speed up its internal R&D processes.

Make better choices about which R&D projects gain funding by managing bias and involving more people.

Advice to help business leaders create the conditions innovators need to develop breakthrough ideas for the marketplace.

Leaders can take steps to shift their product development teams toward a mindset of designing for cybersecurity.

Kurt Matzler and Julia Hautz outline a framework leaders can adopt to spur innovation and compete against digital-first companies.

Reimagining dense office spaces, evolving brand relationships, and accelerating ideation with prototyping tools.

Tools used for rapid prototyping can speed product development when used for idea generation.

Kartik Hosanagar’s AI-powered startup aims to help new voices find their way into film and TV.

Barry Libert, CEO of AIMatters, describes how subscription models and a platform-first mindset can help organizations define valuable new offerings for customers.

A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.

Tassilo Festetics shares how in-house technology innovation is helping AB InBev enhance its products and service.

New technologies can help solve critical global problems in energy, medicine, and urban planning.

There are differences between what constitutes a successful early AI pilot and success in other types of  IT ventures.

Porsche is accelerating innovation by emphasizing the need for collaboration between humans and AI technology.

Managers must seek and cultivate new skills in the IT workforce to create digital business value.

Three uncertainties confront any disruptive innovation: technology, ecosystem, and business model.

Innovators need to develop their innovation capital so they can turn their ideas into reality.

Social distancing has renewed consumer interest in high-touch, full-service business models.

How to harness sensor data to generate new value and revenue for traditional products and services.