Creating employee networks that deliver open innovation

MIT Sloan Management Review

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Whelan, Eoin ^a   Parise, Salvatore ^b   De Valk, Jasper ^c   Aalbers, Rick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c VODW Marketing   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053200199     PISSN: 15329194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (7)

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2. An overview of the critical role of central connectors is provided in S. Parise, R. Cross and T.H. Davenport, "Strategies for Preventing a Knowledge-Loss Crisis," MIT Sloan Management Review 47, no. 4 (summer 2006): 31-38. (Pubitemid 44147023)
3. T.J. Allen, "Managing the Flow of Technology: Technology Transfer and the Dissemination of Technological Information Within the R&D Organization" (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1977).
4. H.W. Chesbrough, "Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting From Technology" (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Press, 2003).
5. A.B. Hargadon, "How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate" (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Press, 2003).
6. P.H. Gray, S. Parise and B. Iyer, "Innovation Impacts of Using Social Bookmarking Systems," MIS Quarterly 35, no. 3 (September 2011): 629-643.
7. For a profile of Marissa Mayer and an assessment of her role at Google, see "Managing Google's Idea Factory," BusinessWeek, Oct. 3, 2005.