Barriers in Searching for Alternative Business Models: An Essay on the Fear of Looking Foolish

Creating and Capturing Value from Open Innovation: Humans, Firms, Platforms, and Ecosystems

“…22 Unpacking the human factor in open innovation further relates to several aspects, such as the impact of the open innovation model on R&D professionals and their work, 23 how individuals cope with open innovation, 24 how people's abilities and efforts influence exploration-exploitation processes, 25 how resource management can create an open innovation mindset, 26 and in general, how cognition explains behavioral responses in open innovation. 27 At the same time, some studies have focused on contextual elements that can influence engagement and performance of employees in open innovation practices, such as in the domains of leadership influence 28 and in the role of gatekeepers and change agents. 29 Considering the individual incentives for open innovation, research has conclusively indicated that people are more likely to suggest innovative solutions during open innovation when there are competitors but not so many that they feel crowded out.…”

Reflections on the First Five Volumes of New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition

“…Vuori (2018) reflects on interview techniques that can be used to capture not just cognitions, but also emotions surrounding these cognitions. Capturing and theorizing about affective states have thus led to advances in the study of "hot" cognition (Hodgkinson et al, 2018;Hodgkinson & Healey, 2008), and how emotions may interfere with processes such as innovation (Bez & Chesbrough, 2021;Sund et al, 2019).…”