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Innovation Champions’ Activities And Influences In Organisations — A Literature Review

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  • KATHARINA DRECHSLER

    (Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany2University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein)

  • VICTORIA REIBENSPIESS

    (#x2020;University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)

  • ANDREAS ECKHARDT

    (#x2020;University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria)

  • HEINZ-THEO WAGNER

    (Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Neu-Ulm, Germany‡TU Munich, Campus Heilbronn, Germany)

Abstract

Innovation champions often play a pivotal role in facilitating new ideas and technology-based innovations within organisations. The rise of digital technology has led to radical changes in the nature of innovation and calls for an assessment of existing knowledge on innovation champions’ activities and their influence on organisations and networks. This paper provides a systematic, interdisciplinary literature review on innovation champions from an individual and organisational perspective. Based on a search of 149 high-quality journals and conference proceedings, we identified 92 articles as relevant and synthesised prior knowledge on innovation champions. We find that, whereas innovation champions’ activities have been explored in detail, research on innovation champions’ influence, especially on networks, has been limited. Furthermore, we identify research gaps with respect to differences in innovation champions’ activities at distinct stages of the innovation lifecycle and the formation of innovation champions’ networks.

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  • Katharina Drechsler & Victoria Reibenspiess & Andreas Eckhardt & Heinz-Theo Wagner, 2021. "Innovation Champions’ Activities And Influences In Organisations — A Literature Review," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 25(06), pages 1-31, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:25:y:2021:i:06:n:s1363919621500663
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621500663
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    1. de Jong, Jeroen P.J. & Rigtering, Coen & Spaans, Lara, 2023. "Heroes of diffusion: Making user innovations widely available," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(8).

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