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Knowledge Diversity through Social Networks Enhance Creativity in Tight Cultures

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Knowledge acquired from contacts in the social networks of employees can influence and impact their creativity—contributing, for example, insights, perspectives, and supporting material to help them generate innovative ideas for products and processes. According to a meta-analysis of 30 years of research on social networks and creativity, conducted by researchers in Europe and Singapore, the […]

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Customers Score Highest New Products that Balance Innovation and the Familiar

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Is novelty a winning strategy for business? Some observers argue that innovative products attract more customers, who are eager to discover new features. Others argue that customers do not want products that are vastly different from what they are accustomed to buying. A study from two researchers from the University of Cambridge Judge School of […]

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How Productivity Influences Knowledge Acquisition Strategies

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Where should companies source the knowledge and new ideas that will keep them at the forefront of innovation? The answer, according to an extensive study of 18,000 UK firms, depends in large part on the in-firm characteristics of the company—notably in terms of productivity and resources. Productivity is measured as the difference between a company’s […]

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Onboarding AI to Gain Employee Trust and Acceptance

Artificial Intelligence is both appreciated and feared: appreciated for the benefits it offers in terms of speed, accuracy and consistency; feared because many believe those benefits can render many human employees obsolete—a fear summarized in the familiar phrase, “Machines will take our jobs.” Studies show that such fears, leading to employee resistance and suspicion, will […]

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Family Firms Innovate Less But Better: Their Boards Make a Difference

We expect start-ups and high technology companies in general to be innovators. We know, in contrast, that large incumbents are likely to want to continue to exploit their past innovations rather than venture into new innovations that may cannibalize current products and/or ultimately fail. How do family businesses fit into the innovation picture? A study […]

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Pros and Cons of Collaborative Spaces for Innovation

Companies in search of innovation-based competitive advantages recognize the benefit of innovation teams and projects that bring together a diverse set of backgrounds, skills, knowledge and perspectives. To achieve this diversity, companies create cross-functional teams that bring together team members from a variety of functions and units and open innovation teams that combine internal team […]

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Constraints Aren’t So Bad When It Comes to Innovation

An extensive review of innovation studies in leading academic journals reveal that constraints on innovation are not necessarily negative. In fact, according to this careful analysis of 145 academic studies, constraints increase innovation…. up to a certain point. When constraints are pushed too far, they stifle rather than enable and encourage innovation.  The term ‘innovation’ […]

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