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Innovating by doing: promoting on-the-job experimentation through a climate for innovation

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  • Marcel Bogers

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Firms' innovation performance and productivity depend on engaging the entire organisation in the innovation process. Going beyond the typical focus on R%D, the focus of this article is on engaging those employees who are active in 'productive' activities in innovation. This article explores how a firm can create an environment in which those employees can build on their local needs and knowledge to learn and innovate through a process of experimentation and problem solving during 'on-the-job' activities. I draw on innovation, creativity and organisational climate research to explore the determinants and effects of such innovative behaviour. I develop a theoretical framework of how organisational practices affect employees' willingness and ability to experiment - a behavioural integral to innovation. I furthermore argue that the relationship between such 'climate for innovation' and the ultimate performance is inverse U-shaped. The framework implies that managers can turn the entire organisation into an innovation lab but they need to balance the tension between productive and innovative practices.

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  • Marcel Bogers, 2018. "Innovating by doing: promoting on-the-job experimentation through a climate for innovation," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(3), pages 362-382.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeven:v:10:y:2018:i:3:p:362-382
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    Cited by:

    1. Santarsiero, Francesco & Schiuma, Giovanni & Carlucci, Daniela & Helander, Nina, 2023. "Digital transformation in healthcare organisations: The role of innovation labs," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    2. Schiuma, Giovanni & Santarsiero, Francesco, 2023. "Innovation labs as organisational catalysts for innovation capacity development: A systematic literature review," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).

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