Implementing radical innovation in mature firms: The role of hubs

By R. Leifer, Gina Colarelli O'Connor, Mark P. Rice. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Embracing Digital Innovation in Incumbent Firms: How Volvo Cars Managed Competing Concerns (2017, methodology): “In this vein, the automaker used the Hub to “help nurture projects by reducing uncertainty without increasing bureaucracy” (Leifer et al. 2001, p. 105) and to “serve as a repository for cumulative learning about managing radical innovation” (Leifer et al. 2001, p. 104).”
Does innovation lead to performance? An empirical study of SMEs in Taiwan (2007, background): “Various scholars commented that radical or breakthrough innovations provide the engine for long-term growth (Leifer et al., 2001).”
The Uncertainty of Innovation: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2011, background): “…literature 3,8 Lehoux et al. (2009) To explore public involvement in health innovation Science, technology and society perspective Conceptual analysis 5 Leifer et al. (2001) To understand factors related to successful radical innovation implementation Radical innovation Multiple case study…”
Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups (2015, background): “For example, people who are dispositionally anxious might feel more uncertain in brainstorming groups or organizations attempting to instill a new focus on creativity when none has existed before (Leifer, O’Connor, and Rice, 2001).”
Measuring Technological Novelty with Patent-Based Indicators (2016, neutral): “Yet, in most empirical studies, radical or breakthrough inventions are identified only by their ex post large impact on future technological development (Ahuja & Lampert, 2001; Schoenmakers & Duysters, 2005), product performance (Leifer et al., 2001) or market structure (Mascitelli, 2000).”
The human side of radical innovation (2004, background): “The downside of attempting breakthrough innovation in large, ponderous organizations is well documented (Lynn et al., 1996; Eisenhardt and Martin, 2000; Leifer et al., 2001).”