2020/10/30 by Rebecca Henderson · 132 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Engineering · #Business #Business Strategies and Innovation #Business Strategy and Innovation #Computer science #Economics #Engineering #Engineering ethics #Face (sociological concept) #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Innovation process #Knowledge management #Management science #Marketing #Organizational change #Political science #Process (computing) #Public relations #Social science #Sociology #Work in process
paper · doi:10.1287/mnsc.2020.3746
published in Management Science 67(9), 5479-5488 (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
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Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges we face as a society. Pursing incremental innovation will continue to be hugely important, but this paper argues that building a richer understanding of architectural or systemic innovation will also be crucial. This paper suggests that the study of organizational purpose may provide a particularly fruitful avenue for future research. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, Special Section of Management Science: 65th Anniversary.