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Too big to innovate? Exploring organizational size and innovation processes in scientific research

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  • Jonathon Mote
  • Gretchen Jordan
  • Jerald Hage
  • Wilbur Hadden
  • Aleia Clark

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We explore the impact of organizational size in six federally funded research organizations on a range of organizational processes related to the pursuit of innovation. The data utilized consisted of 266 scientists drawn from 64 research projects across five programmatic research areas: alternative energies, biology, chemistry, geophysical sciences, and material sciences. A sixth project category was added to accommodate the highly interdisciplinary character of a handful of projects. Although the data had some limitations, it was found that organizational size had a negative impact on three categories of innovation processes: the amount of time spent in research and professional activities, how research time is spent, and exchanges of technical knowledge. In addition, some potential advantages of larger size, such as: greater research resources, better perceived managerial quality or a visionary strategy, were not found to be significant.

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  • Jonathon Mote & Gretchen Jordan & Jerald Hage & Wilbur Hadden & Aleia Clark, 2016. "Too big to innovate? Exploring organizational size and innovation processes in scientific research," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 43(3), pages 332-337.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:43:y:2016:i:3:p:332-337.
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    1. Kelly Mackenzie & Elizabeth Such & Paul Norman & Elizabeth Goyder, 2021. "Using Co-Production to Develop “Sit Less at Work” Interventions in a Range of Organisations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-12, July.

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