Innovation Brown Bag

The Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation runs the "Brown Bag Research Seminar on Innovation". This series invites researchers from around the world to present recent work or working papers. The intention behind the series is to accelerate exchange and learning.

2012

Alfonso Gambardella, (April 24, 2012)

Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University, presented a paper entitled: "The Value of Patented Inventions at the Extensive and Intensive Margin"

Linus Dahlander, (March 27, 2012)

Linus Dahlander, ESMT European School of Management and Technology, presented a paper entitled: "How Organizations Cull the Pool of User Suggestions"

Elgar Fleisch, Irena Pletikosa (March 6, 2012)

Elgar Fleisch, Irena Pletikosa, ETH Zurich, presented a paper entitled: "Evaluation Framework for Social Media Brand Presence"

JC Spender, (February 20, 2012)

JC Spender, ESADE & LUSEM, presented a research note entitled: "On Humanizing the Firm"

2011

Koen Heimeriks, (December 14, 2011)

Koen Heimeriks, Rotterdam School of Management, presented a paper entitled: "Manifestations of Higher-Order Routines: The Underlying Mechanisms of Deliberate Learning in the Context of Post-Acquisition Integration"

Jan Ljungberg, Bertil Rolandsson, Magnus Bergquist, (November 23, 2011)

Jan Ljungberg, Bertil Rolandsson, Magnus Bergquist, University of Gothenburg, presented a paper entitled: "Open source in the firm: Opening up professional practices of software development"

Steven O. Kimbrough, (July 11, 2011)

Steven O. Kimbrough, University of Pennsylvania, presented a paper entitled: "Product Innovation and Text Analytics."

Chris Tucci (June 8, 2011)

Chris Tucci, EPFL, presented a paper entitled: "Exploring the impact of information technology on firm performance: The role of IT exploitation potential."

Mike Russo (May 24, 2011)

Mike Russo, University of Oregon, presented a paper entitled: "Institutional Logics and Regional Cluster Emergence: Evidence from the Wind and Solar Energy Industries."

Mats Magnusson and Jennie Björk (May 4, 2011)

Mats Magnusson and Jennie Björk, KTH Stockholm, presented a paper entitled: "Ideation in networks."

Jonathan Doh (April 11, 2011)

Jonathan Doh from the Villanova School of Business in Philadelphia spoke about "RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND TALENT RETENTION: INSIGHTS FROM INDIA"

Chris Dellarocas (January 19, 2011)

Chris Dellarocas from Boston University gave a seminar on "Media, Aggregators and the Link Economy: Strategic Hyperlink Formation in Content Networks," co-authored by Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Zsolt Katona, and William Rand

2010

Chris Steyaert (December 7, 2010)

Chris Steyaert, University of St.Gallen, gave a seminar around the idea of performance in the field of entrepreneuring. Co-presenters were Laurent Marti and Christoph Michels who presented video material from their field study.

Liisa Valikangas (November 16, 2010)

Liisa Valikangas, Aalto School of Economics, presented a Brown Bag seminar entitled: "Dynamic Managerial Capabilities and Mobilizing People: Building Reservoirs for Change" by: Liisa Välikangas and Georges Romme

Ulf Andersson (October 5, 2010)

Ulf Andersson, Copenhagen Business School, presented a Brown Bag session on: "How Subunits Gain and Exercise Power in Large Organizations."

Paul Carlile (September 8, 2010)

Paul Carlile, Boston University, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Opening Up the Black Box of Distributed Innovation: The Novelty-Confirmation-Transformation Cycle in Software and Science"paper co-authored with Karim Lakhani of Harvard Business School.

Dorothy Leidner (June 22, 2010)

Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University, presented a Brown Bag session about: "A Theory and Empirical Investigation of IS Strategy and IS Performance"

Marjorie Lyles (May 4, 2010)

Marjorie Lyles, Indiana University, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Organizational Learning and Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Emerging Market Firms: The case of private Chinese firms"

Stefano Brusoni (March 3, 2010)

Stefano Brusoni, Bocconi University, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Do Organizations Dream of Electric Sheep? Routine Dynamics and Organizational Identity".

Jochen Runde (February 23, 2010)

Jochen Runde, Cambridge Judge Business School, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Ontology and Technology".

2009

Lee Fleming (December 16, 2009)

Lee Fleming, Harvard Business School, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Regional Disadvantage? Non-compete agreements and brain drain"

Emmanuelle Fauchart (November 25, 2009)

Emmanuelle Fauchart, Université de Lausanne, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Schumpeterians, communitarians, missionaries: exploring founder identity in entrepreneurship"

Massimo Colombo (November 4, 2009)

Massimo Colombo, Politecnico di Milano, presented a Brown Bag Session about: "Delegation of decision authority in firms doing business with Open Source communities: an empirical investigation", co-authored by Cristina Rossi.

George Kuk (October 28, 2009)

George Kuk, Nottingham University, presented a Brown Bag Session about: "Eyeballs, Bugs, and Releases in Open Source Software".

Sonali Shah (September 30, 2009)

Sonali Shah, University of Washington, presented a Brown Bag session about: "Innovation, Social Structure & the Creation of New Industries: User Communities as Paths from Innovation to Industry".

Markus Reitzig (March 25, 2009)

Markus Reitzig (London Business School) presented a Brown Bag session about "Capturing value by 'donating' patents?! – or how wolves in sheep’s clothing put the cat among the pigeons", which is joint work with Oliver Alexy from Imperial College.

Prof. Dr. Juliana Sutanto (March 11, 2009)

Prof. Dr. Juliana Sutanto from MTEC, ETH Zurich, presented a brown bag research seminar on innovation about "The Effects of User Support Network Configurations on the Success of OSS Usage"

Prof. Dr. Cornelius Herstatt and Dr. Christina Raasch (February 25, 2009)

Prof. Dr. Cornelius Herstatt and Dr. Christina Raasch from Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg presented a paper entitled: "The open source model beyond software: Comparative case studies on the open design of tangible goods"

2008

Prof. Nicolai Foss (December 2, 2008)

Nicolai Foss from Copenhagen Business School and Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration presented a Brown Bag session about "Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices (with a Prolegomenon)".

Prof. Bob Galliers (November 6, 2008)

Prof. Bob Galliers from Bentley University presented a paper entitled: "Seeking ambidexterity and agility in Information Systems Strategy: The process of IS strategizing"

Prof. Stephan Wagner (October 29, 2008)

Prof. Stephan Wagner from MTEC, ETH Zurich, presented a paper entitled: "Critical Aspects in Tapping Supplier Innovation".

Prof. Mark Ebers (June 5, 2008)

Prof. Mark Ebers from the University of Cologne presented a Brown Bag session

Dr. Lars Bo Jeppesen (Mai 28, 2008)

Dr. Lars Bo Jeppesen from Copenhagen Business University presented a Brown Bag session about "Lead users as facilitators of knowledge sharing in an online usercommunity".

Prof. Charles Baden-Fuller (April 29, 2008)

Prof. Charles Baden-Fuller from Cass Business School in London presented a Brown Bag session about Replicating Organizational Knowledge.

Prof. Dr. Christian Lüthje (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Dr. Christian Lüthje from University of Bern presented a Brown Bag session about his current user innovation projects.

Dr. Whitney (January 30, 2008)

Dr. Whitney from MIT visited MTEC and presented a Brown Bag session about improving door system design for better attribute performance. This event was in collaboration with the TIM group and Swiss CAR.

2007

Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer (December 19, 2007)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer from University of Zurich presented a Brown Bag session about the political role of business in the globalized world.

Prof. Dr. Hans Gersbach (December 12, 2007)

Prof. Dr. Hans Gersbach from MTEC, ETH Zurich presented a Brown Bag session on macro economical aspects of investments in basic research. A working paper on the topic can be found here.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann (November 14, 2007)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann from University of St. Gallen presented a Brown Bag session on The Power of Defaults.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. A. Kieser (October 24, 2007)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. A. Kieser from University of Mannheim presented a Brown Bag session about specialist learning in radical product innovations.

Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka (June 28, 2007)

Prof. Ikujiro Nonaka from Hitotsubashi University visited the Chair of Strategic Management and presented a Brown Bag session on Strategic Management as Distributed Phronesis.

Prof. Joel West (May 22, 2007)

Prof. Joel West from San José State University presented a chapter of the forthcoming book Digitizing Communications: From MIT to Qualcomm, co-authored by Caroline Simard. See also the video abstract about the chapter.

Dr. Cristina Rossi (March 28, 2007)

Cristina Rossi from Politecnico di Milano presented her paper on firm involvement in open source software projects.

2006

Prof. Volker Hoffmann (December 6, 2006)

Prof. Volker Hoffmann from ETH Zurich presented a follow-up paper on the EU emission trading system.

Prof. Gudela Grote (November 29, 2006)

Prof. Gudela Grote and Hannes Günter from MTEC, ETH Zurich presented on organizational issues in technology innovation from a work psychological perspective: 

Organizational issues in technology innovation: a work psychological perspective

Prof. Joachim Henkel (November 16, 2006)

Prof. Joachim Henkel from TU München presented the paper he wrote with Oliver Alexy entitled: "Promoting the Penguin: Who is Advocating Open Source Software in Commercial Settings?".

Prof. Roman Boutellier (November 2, 2006)

Prof. Roman Boutellier from MTEC, ETH Zurich presented on productivity of research in the pharmaceutical industry:
China’s unique position in discovery and preclinical research

Prof. Dominique Foray (October 10, 2006)

Prof. Dominique Foray from EPFL presented on measuring knowledge in economic surveys: Enriching the indicator base for the economics of knowledge

Prof. Volker Hoffmann (July 4, 2006)

Prof. Volker Hoffmann from MTEC, ETH Zurich presented a working paper about the European CO2 Emission Trading - Do companies innovate in spite of uncertainty, or do they just wait and see?

Prof. Margrit Osterloh (June 29, 2006

Prof. Margrit Osterloh from the University of Zurich gave an engaging talk on a paper written together with Bruno S. Frey entitled:
"Corporate governance for knowledge production". The presentation slides can be downloaded here.

Dr. Iwan von Wartburg and Dr. Katja Rost (June 22, 2006)

Dr. Iwan von Wartburg from the University of Hamburg and Dr. Katja Rost from the University of Zurich presented a paper they wrote togehter with Dr. Christoph Lettl entitled: "Technological Merit of User Inventions in Surgery"

Prof. Georg von Krogh (June 1, 2006)

Prof. Georg von Krogh from MTEC, ETH Zurich started the Brown Bag series by introducing "The promise of Pivate-Collective Innovation". The presentation slides can be downloaded here.