Research
Research focus
Entrepreneurial orientation and corporate entrepreneurship
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Social capital and organizational learning
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Organizing for innovation and managing organizational 'ambidexterity'
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Entrepreneurial strategies and entrepreneurial failure
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Innovation strategy, innovation activity and improvisation
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Context, internationalization and family firms
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Our big questions
Understanding the state of play
What will the future organization look like and how will that differ from the present?
By collating data over time and working with managers and industry experts, we answer:
- What is the current state of play for entrepreneurship and innovation among firms?
- What strategies, business models, and capabilities are required for organizations to compete and prosper in times of unprecedented change and uncertainty?
Understanding organisational readiness for change
What capabilities enable organizational readiness for change?
We rely on research and relationships with industry experts to answer:
- What conditions enable organizational readiness for transformation?
- What investments do organizations need to make to facilitate innovation?
Understanding how to innovate
How do organisations innovate and sustain innovation now and into the future?
Using large datasets and by collaborating with businesses, we answer:
- How can organizations develop the capabilities needed to address the challenges posed by change?
- How can organizations change behaviours as well as systems, structures and processes to enable corporate entrepreneurship and innovation?
Understanding why some organizations fail
Why do some organizations fail to change while others succeed?
By studying firms at various stages of the organization life cycle, we identify early detection factors explaining:
- Why do many entrepreneurial firms fail and only a few become high performers?
- What conditions prevent readiness for change as organizations grow and age, causing corporate entrepreneurship and innovation to fall?
Understanding differences among organizations
We recognize that not all organizations are the same. Using comparative studies, we find that the best organizations manage the ability and willingness to innovate:
- What are the differences between types of organizations that affect their readiness to innovate?
- What governance structures support different types of organizations (e.g. small or large, family or nonfamily) to sustain corporate entrepreneurship, innovation and success?