Sub-theme 28: Exploring the Drivers and Outcomes of Imperfections in Innovation

Convenors:
Barak S. Aharonson, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Mark Ebers, University of Cologne, Germany
Suleika Bort, University of Passau,Germany
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, D4.0.019
Innovation through Imperfections
Chair: Barak S. Aharonson
Simon L. Schmidt, Katharina Scheidgen and Franziska Günzel-Jensen
Entrepreneurial resourcing at the intersection of temporary and enduring institutional fields
Discussant(s): Tobias Polzer
Pierpaolo Andriani, Gino Cattani, Rani J. Dang and Renata Kaminska
From perfume to spirits: The long and winding road of entrepreneurial exaptive journey
Discussant(s): Nicolas Mues
Selin Öner-Kula and Tobias Polzer
When it does not pay off to be the front runner: The imperfections of the Austrian digital contact tracing innovation
Discussant(s): Franziska M. Poszler
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, D4.0.019
Managerial Actions Triggering Imperfect Innovations
Chair: Suleika Bort
Rasim Kurdoglu, Oğuz Acar, Daan van Knippenberg and Lale Gümüşlüoğlu
Cognitive imperfections meet information deficiencies: Managerial assessment of radical innovation projects
Discussant(s): Maximiliane Sachenbacher
Indre Maurer, Niklas Dreymann and Suleika Bort
Addressing attractive markets or achieving pandemic preparedness? Skillful framing for engaging partners in the medical biotechnology industry
Discussant(s): Lale Tomruk-Gümüşlüoğlu
Maximiliane Sachenbacher and Dirk Martignoni
Malaptation: The unintended consequences when organizations can shape their environment
Discussant(s): Rani Dang
Session III: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 10:30, D4.0.019
Resources and Capabilities Generating Innovation
Chair: Mark Ebers
Nicolas Mues
The influence of dynamic managerial capabilities and innovative capacity on the sustainable competitive advantage – A holistic analysis of German owner-managed family businesses using PLS-SEM
Discussant(s): Monica Hidajat
Monica Hidajat, Shiko M. Ben-Menahem and Georg von Krogh
Can’t or won’t? Disentangling commitment and capability boundaries in the innovation process
Discussant(s): Indre Maurer
Franziska M. Poszler and Christoph Lütge
A framework to structure arranged vs. technology-inherent (im)perfections for ex ante & ad hoc governance of (im)maturity
Discussant(s): Simon Schmidt
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 11:00 to 12:30, D4.0.019
Imperfect Implementation of Innovations
Chair: Barak S. Aharonson
Clarissa E. Weber, Norbert Steigenberger and Hendrik Wilhelm
Not so perfect after all: Overfunding, category spanning, and development outcomes of crowdfunded products
Discussant(s): Ruth Samson
Ruth Samson
Do scientists move when unconstrained? trade secrets protection and skilled workforce mobility behaviour
Discussant(s): Christopher Berg
Christopher Berg, Jonas A. Ingvaldsen and Jos Benders
Do it again: The imperfect implementation of organization concepts
Discussant(s): Hendrik Wilhelm
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 15:30, D4.0.019
Imperfect Innovation in Ecosystems
Chair: Suleika Bort
Annemarie Holstvoogd and Elco van Burg
The organizational transition of a scale-up
Discussant(s): Jonah Zankl
Tatiana Stoica, Paul Muller and Bérangère L. Szostak
Value in ecosystems. A systematic literature review
Discussant(s): Annemarie Holstvoogd
Jonah Zankl and Matthew Grimes
This place is a jungle: A process of maintaining institutional incoherence within entrepreneurial ecosystems
Discussant(s): Tatiana Stoica
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, D4.0.019
Business Models and Innovation
Chair: Mark Ebers
Marziyeh Talebian, Rick Molz and Asma Fattoum-Guedri
Towards a systems approach to the study of a system: An integrative review of the business model innovation (BMI) literature
Discussant(s): Louise Taupin
Fatemeh Masihkhah, Saeed Khanagha, Henk W. Volberda and Anna Plotnikova
The effects of contextual factors on the quality of business model ideas
Discussant(s): Marziyeh Talebian
Louise Taupin, Pascal Le Masson and Blanche Segrestin
Observing preservations in apparent ruptures with a design approach: Scale-up of deeptech start-ups as an exploratory phase
Discussant(s): Fatemeh Masihkhah
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, D4.0.019
Wrap-up Discussion
Chair: Barak S. Aharonson & Mark Ebers