EIRMA, European Industrial Research Management Institute.
In 1983 results from an
EIRMA study group show that "company financial resources" and "economic climate" take approximately median rank positions in a list of 15 potential influences on R&D budgets (
EIRMA 1983).
Speaking at the launch Andrew Dearing,
EIRMA secretary general, observed that research had become a more open, networked and collaborative world.
--Andrew Dearing, Secretary General of the European Industrial Management Association (
EIRMA), Paris.
This is a report by an
EIRMA Working Group that considered the question: given the wide usage of Stage-Gate[R] and similar processes, why is it that some companies, even in comparable industries, have far more innovation success than others?
(9.)
EIRMA. Technology roadmapping: delivering business vision.
The first report written by an
EIRMA Working Group in 1967 described the impasse in achieving a more effective system for dealing with patents across Europe (1).
EIRMA Working Group 60, 2003; Available to IRI and
EIRMA members from
EIRMA (European Industrial Research Management Association), 34, rue de Bassano, F-75008, Paris; www.eirma.asso.fr
EIRMA Working Group 59, 2002; Available to IRI and
EIRMA members from
EIRMA, 34, rue de Bassano 75008, Paris, France, www.eirma.asso.fr
Although roadmaps can take various forms (1-6), the most common approach is encapsulated in the generic type proposed by
EIRMA (6).
In Europe,
EIRMA (European Industrial Research Management Association) in 1997 documented an eight-stage process based on the experiences of some 25 companies.