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AOM PDW Invitation – "Pathways to Innovation: Lessons from Multiple Discoveries and Inventions"

  • 1.  AOM PDW Invitation – "Pathways to Innovation: Lessons from Multiple Discoveries and Inventions"

    Posted 05-12-2019 20:28

    When:

    Friday, August 9, 2019, 8AM – 10:30AM at Boston Hynes Convention Center / 313

     

    Panelists:

    Riitta Katila (Stanford)

    Jeff Kuhn (UNC)

    Connie Helfat (Dartmouth)

    David Hsu (Wharton)

    Matt Marx (Boston University)

    Melissa Schilling (NYU)

    Brian Uzzi (Northwestern)

     

    Organizers:

    Stefano H. Baruffaldi (Bath University and Max Planck Institute)

    Michaël Bikard (INSEAD)

    Ina Ganguli (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

     

    Registration:

    Registration is required. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the following short registration form by June 15.  

    PDW overview:

    Researchers interested in innovation have traditionally painted creative insights as fundamentally original. Yet, creative ideas are often not unique. Historical records are replete with examples of duplicate innovation: multiple appearances of the same scientific discoveries and inventions. This PDW explores the research opportunities that this phenomenon presents for innovation and strategy scholars. First, the duplication of scientific or technological insights suggests that some creative ideas are somehow "in the air", and not tied to one specific individual or firm. This, in turn, raises important questions about the nature of the innovation process. Second, the duplication of scientific and technological advances makes it possible to conduct what amounts to "twin studies of innovation." By drawing on these events, empiricists might be able to better identify the sources of innovative performance by decoupling the producer of the idea from the idea itself. In the past few years, new approaches have emerged to systematically measure and study duplication in science and technology. These methodologies open up a number of promising research avenues. This highly interactive session will provide an arena in which scholars interested in this topic will be able to meet and reflect together on these research opportunities.

    The PDW will kick-off with a description of the broader context of prior research on simultaneous discoveries and inventions and some of the newly emerging work in this area. Second, researchers who have used different approaches to study duplicate innovations will describe the method they use and will share their perspectives about the promise of those methods. After this, there will be a panel with leading innovation and strategy scholars about how this phenomenon can inform the broader strategy and innovation literature. Finally, we will ask participants to join one of six roundtables led by the panel participants. The roundtable discussions will allow participants to get to know other researchers with similar interests, ask presenters specific questions, and share ideas and potential concerns with a smaller group of researchers. Participants will be assigned to roundtables depending on their research interests, and each person will be able to join two roundtables. 

    If you have any questions, please contact Michaël Bikard at michael.bikard@insead.edu.



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    Michaël Bikard
    INSEAD
    Fontainebleau
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