Innovation Management Research Institute (IMRI)

The Innovation Management Research InstituteTM (IMRI) was founded by Louis Bouwer who designed and developed the Strategic Corporate Innovation ManagementTM (SCIM) System over a de

cade as a PhD research project to assist startup and corporate executives to accomplish the following three objectives: 1. Implement Corporate Innovation Management architecture as a core competence. 2. Sustain corporate organic growth through innovation strategy formulation of new businesses for new markets. 3. Defend core businesses with digital transformation as a force that increases corporate longevity. For these reasons, the purpose of the SCIM System is to provide startup and corporate executives with an elegant, novel, simple and practical system as a guide to increase corporate innovation performance in three areas: generate brand recognition in the market, create wealth for employees and establish sustainable growth for shareholders.