Management Science and Innovation
Entrepreneurship
R&D Project Valuation and Negotiations
How can we value early-stage R&D projects and support licensing negotiations? (published in Interfaces; recipient of INFORMS Case Competition Award)
New Venture Portfolio analysis tools for early-stage investors.
The development of tools and techniques to support investment decisions in early stage ventures (EPSRC project in UCL’s EngD Centre for Computational Finance).
Dark Pools a benefit to all?
There are increasingly sophisticated algorithms being developed in the financial markets to seek out liquidity and yet not alert other parties. Do they benefit all stakeholders and can these algorithms also be adapted for early cancer diagnosis?
A strategy for corporate project ‘buy-in’
Making use of the latest advances in the understanding of
neuroscience can help make us better leaders and project managers. (Proceedings
Projekte & Emotional Intelligenz conference Vienna also Principles of Project Management
series, APM)
The IT Revolution and Globalization
The adoption of computers and related innovations (e.g. the
invention of the internet) as well as the (consequent) process of globalization
is causing organizational change within companies, ...More
The New Economics of Amazon
Due to the recent introduction of network technologies,
there now is a growing importance of organizations operating online trading
platforms such as Amazon, eBay or Monster.com. This project models and
empirically tests the optimal behaviour of these ...More
Economic History of Innovations
Current times are often perceived as times of rapid
technological progress, also called the IT Revolution or the arrival of the New
Economy. This projects compares the economic impact of the recent IT Revolution
with other periods of ...More
Creativity in Cross-Functional and Interdisciplinary Teams
How do differences in the underlying perspectives and
assumptions of group members shape the nature and ultimate creativity of small
groups? How does the creative process differ in such diverse teams from more
homogeneous teams?
Exploring the Creative Process in Healthcare Policy Teams
This project explores the creative processes that occur
naturally in interdisciplinary teams developing healthcare IT policy. How does
engagement with different types of processes influence the generation and ....more.
Interpersonal Dynamics and Decision Making in a Corporate Boardroom
How do influence attempts by members of a corporate board of
a large manufacturing company lead to counter-influence strategies,
interpersonal dynamics, and decisions? This research goes ....More.
Pathways to Innovation in Knowledge Transfer Teams
This research investigates innovation in academic knowledge
transfer teams. Through what path do cross-organizational teams develop over
time? How does this path influence the ability of the team to gain legitimacy
and influence outcomes within the organization?
Intellectual Game Play in Knowledge Work
What is the relationship between play and creativity? How
can play support or hinder creativity in organizations? What are the
organizational structures and processes that support intellectual play at work?
This research explores the value of play to knowledge work.
Mutually Reinforcing Dynamics of Idea Generation and Idea Evaluation in Groups
This research challenges the conventional wisdom that the
brainstorming approach of separating idea generation and idea evaluation are
optimal for promoting creativity in groups. It ...more.
Universities as engines for industrial growth
How has the rise of new science-based industries altered the organization of universities? A study of the development of university-industry relationships in Silicon Valley details the critical role of ...more.
Assessing the performance of Silicon Valley spin-off firms
Study on Silicon Valley firms and the academic laboratories these firms were spun off from. Findings highlight a significant impact of various organizational features of “founding laboratories” on the performance of firms in...more.
Commercializing disruptive technologies: Venture creation and the choice of business model
Commercializing disruptive technologies: Business models for a rough financial climate ...More
General Management
Richard’s work
‘Introduction to Management’ is now in its fourth edition; and a re-worked
version is to be published in the Autumn of 2011 (published by Palgrave
Macmillan).
Investment Appraisal: a managerial approach
An evaluation of the full context in which investment decisions
are made, and results produced (published by Macmillan)
Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship
What are the defining characteristics of knowledge intensive
entrepreneurship? (funded by EU)
Project Leader: Mila Striukova
Economics of the Music Industry
Why does the effect of market concentration go further then
one expects? (published in Prometheus)
Project Leader: Mila Striukova
Best Quality Ideas and Rent Appropriation: How Innovation Contests Affect Individual Search Behaviors
The use of innovation contests is burgeoning, and increasingly larger cash prizes are being offered to foster the conversion of promising ideas into specific social and economic benefits. We ...more.
Mining the Web for Modern Greenbacks: An Empirical Investigation of Crowdfunding
Crowdsourced fund-raising services are increasingly been used to connect projects with patrons. We investigate the characteristics of more than 6000 crowdfunded projects across a ...more.
General Management
Richard’s work
‘Introduction to Management’ is now in its fourth edition; and a re-worked
version is to be published in the Autumn of 2011 (published by Palgrave
Macmillan).
Investment Appraisal: a managerial approach
An evaluation of the full context in which investment decisions
are made, and results produced (published by Macmillan)
Evolution of Venture Capital Industry
How do decisions of venture capitalists in syndications affect the evolution of venture capital industry? What are the dynamics of this evolution from a network perspective? (published in Social Networks)
Investor Driven Innovation
What can we learn from the way professional investors spot winners? (a research note for the Science Business Innovation Board AISBL)
The Social Networks of High and Low Self Monitors: Implications for Workplace Performance
Is it personality or social network connections that help people do
well in their work, or is it some combination? (Published in
Administrative Science Quarterly in 2001)
The Ripple Effect of Personality on Social Structure: Self-Monitoring Origins of Network Brokerage
Individuals
differ in the extent to which they occupy social network brokerage
positions, connecting people who are themselves unconnected. But do
these brokers tend to be defined in terms of a chameleon-like
personality? (Published in Journal of Applied Psychology in 2008)
Social Network Analysis: Foundations and Frontiers on Advantage
We provide an overview of social network analysis and discuss frontiers of advantage contingent on personality, cognition, embeddedness, and dynamics. (Forthcoming in Annual Review of Psychology
From Blue Sky Research to Problem Solving: a Philosophy of Science Theory of New Knowledge Production
What are the different kinds of knowledge that are produced, the indicators of progress, the characteristic methods, and the exemplar organizations? (Published in Academy of Management Review in 2011)
