Drawing on the attention‐based view, we theorize about the differences in middle and
senior managers' choices to pursue innovation projects. We test our hypotheses in an …

While external search allows organizations to source diverse ideas from people outside the
organization, it often generates a narrow set of nondiverse ideas. We theorize that this stems …

While it is commonly known that ideas submitted through crowdsourcing platforms need
support from others to be realized, our understanding of what idea creators can do to garner …

Abstract Research Summary Seeking causal evidence on biases in idea evaluation, we
conducted a field experiment in a large multinational company with two conditions:(a) blind …

As innovation is critical in driving growth and competitiveness, companies establish
innovation (or new product) portfolio processes to select the “right” innovation projects that …

Abstract Research Summary The paradox of rejecting novel ideas while being motivated to
select them exists in many realms. Deviating from prior research that investigated several …

Drinking water is a scarce resource and the problems associated with its poor management
and conservation are generating significant imbalances in the well-being of society, human …

The role of experts has been called into question recently. Scholarly works debate whether
expert judgement is given excessive reliance on innovation, science, and entrepreneurial …

Why do people often fail to find new ideas creative? The literature indicates people fail to
find creativity due to ideas having characteristics that are incongruent with people's existing …

Employees' novel ideas often do not get recognized or valued by their managers, thus
precluding these ideas from benefiting the organization. Drawing on the social–cognitive …