Innovation
A new study finds that women can benefit from making innovation claims, especially in male-typed contexts like technology. By Sarah Steimer Male entrepreneurs have traditionally had the upper hand over their…
Read Moreby Jonathan Bauweraerts, Emanuela Rondi, Paola Rovelli, Alfredo De Massis & Salvatore Sciascia BEYOND PINK QUOTAS Over recent years, gender or ‘pink quotas’ have been introduced Europe-wide to encourage the inclusion…
Read MoreBy Sarah Steimer Open, diversified and large networks are known to spur innovation at companies, but managers may discourage their development when they implement pay-for-performance incentives. These plans — which…
Read MoreBy Yan “Anthea” Zhang, Zhuo Chen and Yuandi Wang Patents are important assets to many firms. Firms can not only use patents to protect their new inventions, but also can secure…
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Modern enterprises rely on computing power improvements and better algorithms to tackle sophisticated problems and boost productivity. Some high-level algorithms are well known (e.g., Google’s PageRank), but until recently little was known about progress in the fundamental algorithms that underpin much of computing or about their discoverers. Our research finds that U.S. universities and corporations have been the most important contributors to algorithms improvement, potentially providing an important stepping-stone for U.S. enterprises to gain competitive advantage.
Read Moreby Kurt W. Sandholtz (Brigham Young University) and Walter W. Powell (Stanford University) Ed Catmull knew nothing about Hollywood movie making when he left the New York Institute of Technology…
Read Moreby Matt Marx and Aaron Fuegi Understanding the scientific heritage of innovation has been an objective of scholars for decades. Where do inventions come from? How is academic research translated into…
Read Moreby Olivier Chatain, SMJ Associate Editor The slow down in investment in innovation in large corporation is obviously concerning but it is also puzzling. In a recent SMJ paper,…
Read Moreby SMJ Associate Editor, Olivier Chatain (HEC Paris) Arora A, Belenzon S, Patacconi A. The decline of science in corporate R&D. Strat Mgmt J. 2017;1–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2693 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.2693/full The topic and the…
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