When do expert teams fail to create impactful inventions?

• Main Authors: SCHILLEBEECKX, Simon J.D., LIN, Yimin, GEORGE, Gerard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: component originality; expertise; inventor teams; patents; structural holes; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6393; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7392/viewcontent/Schillebeeckx_et_al_2019_Journal_of_Management_Studies.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We investigate the salience of expertise in creating high impact inventions and question experts’ ability to deploy novel ideas. Specifically, we examine the relationships between expertise, component originality, and a team's structural holes’ position in the collaborative network and propose...