Idea posted: September 2023

Institutions: PWC   

In June 2023, PWC released the results of its fourth annual Global Hopes and Fears Survey, in which 54,000 workers in 46 countries shared their views on future threats and…

Idea posted: April 2023

Institutions: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business    New York University    Michigan State University The Eli Broad College of Business    Northwestern University   

An analysis of 6.6 million papers related to the medical sciences published between 2000 and 2021 showed that the proportion of gender-diverse teams involved in medical research is growing steadily…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: IÉSEG School of Management    Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology   

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…

Idea posted: August 2022

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School    University of Cambridge   

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…

Idea posted: July 2022

Institutions: Indiana University    Henley Business School    University of Reading   

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…

Idea posted: January 2022

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Toulouse School of Economics    INSEAD    New York University Stern School of Business   

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…

Idea posted: September 2021

Institutions: Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg    RWTH Aachen University   

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…

Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: University of Modena and Reggio Emilia    San Jose State University   

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…

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: Cass Business School, City University London    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Drexel University LeBow College of Business   

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,…