Call For Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Product Innovation Management
Is Less More? Resource Constraints and Innovation
Guest Co-editors: Michael Gibbert, Bocconi University, Martin Hoegl, WHU -
Otto Beisheim School of Management, Liisa Välikangas, Helsinki School of
Economics
Managers and academics agree that the presence (rather than absence) of
resources is whats needed for successful innovation on the individual,
team, and organizational level of analysis. After all, it makes intuitive
sense that adequate (rather than inadequate) resources are needed to
successfully staff product development teams, build prototypes, test them,
and bring new products to market.
At the same time, in-adequate resources seem to be behind the proverbial
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Beyond the proverb, there is support
from various literatures including cognitive psychology, organizational
decline, and entrepreneurship, supporting the notion that sometimes, less
is more. The mere scarcity of resources, however, cannot be the only driver
of innovation, otherwise those with fewest resources would reliably produce
more successful innovations than those with adequate resources. Also, who
defines when resources are adequate or constrained, and how do perceptions
of resource adequacy influence outcomes?
The aim of this special issue is to develop theory and empirical evidence of
the role of resources and how they do (or do not) lead to innovation. This
special issue covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:
Causes of resource constraints (or abundance) and their differential
effects on firm performance, e.g. what are the antecedents of resource
endowments, and what are their performance implications?
For which resources (e.g., money, time, technology, etc.) may constraints
be positive, and which ones benefit the organization more if there is slack?
How do perceptions of resource adequacy differ among teams and team members
or managers and how do these differences influence outcomes?
Is there logic to the sequence and timing of constrained versus slack
resources?
Papers by researchers, managers, or both are encouraged. Methods can be
conceptual or empirical, qualitative or quantitative. If empirical, case
studies, ethnographies, surveys, depth interviews, experiments, or
combinations of these are welcome. All submissions should be sent via e-mail
in a Word file to
michael.gibbert@unibocconi.it,
martin.hoegl@whu.edu, and
liisa.valikangas@hse.fi by December 31, 2010.
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