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Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to attend the PDW: The Right Tool for the Task? Using Different Methodological Approaches to Understand Open Innovation, at the 2018 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Friday, Aug 10 2018 5:15PM - 7:15PM at Swissôtel Chicago in Lucerne I
Panelists:
Kevin Boudreau, Northeastern University
Chris Forman, Cornell University
Lars Frederiksen, Aarhus University
Terri Griffith, Santa Clara University
Sonali Shah, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Organized by:
Samantha Zyontz, Ph.D. Candidate, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Rebecca Karp, Ph.D. Candidate, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
The study of open innovation attracts a broad swath of scholars from various disciplines that draw from a wide range of extant theories and methods. While this diversity enables richness of ideas and perspectives, it can create barriers to communication, collaboration and publication across the field. How can we weave together the methods and insights captured by different research approaches to gain a more complete view of how opening access to information impacts innovation, firm strategy, work-practices and improves lives? This PDW will delve into the challenges scholars face contributing to this diverse field through a panel presentation and discussion highlighting the work of five scholars with distinct methodological approaches. By focusing on determinants of research design, methodology tradeoffs and the promise and pitfalls of mixed-methods approaches, we aim to cultivate deeper communication across the field and devise steps for engaging in fruitful future collaboration.
Samantha Zyontz
Ph.D. Candidate, MIT Sloan School of Management
Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
szyontz@mit.edu