Our most recent conference examined the intangible factors that can make or break a company’s innovation outcomes.…Read More
Leadership, Talent, and Culture: How to Win the Long Game in Innovation
Patia McGrath
Renting Capabilities from Consultants in Post-Acquisition Integration
This research investigates capability development at the business unit level of analysis. To do so, we consider business units that have been serially bought and sold, or “repeatedly divested” units.…Read More
Divestiture Capability and Firm Performance
In order to sustainably innovate and grow, firms must, at times, shrink. This research is premised on the concept that the success of a firm’s innovation strategy relies not just on its ability to “grow smart,” but equally on its ability to “shrink smart.”…Read More
Advancing the Conceptualization and Operationalization of Novelty in Organizational Research
The construct of novelty is an important primitive for theories of organization learning, strategic change, and innovation. The organizational pursuit of novelty is generally theorized as necessary for long-term organizational adaptation and survival yet variance increasing in the short term.…Read More