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High Impact Research in Finance: Role of Bisociation and Creativity

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  • Kose John

    (Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West 4th Street, New York 10012, USA)

  • Emma Xu

    (Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, 1922 Las Lomas Road NE, Alburquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA)

Abstract

High impact research in our fields of banking and finance, and more broadly that of economics, can take three main forms: (1) solving the major unsolved problems in the field, (2) posing major questions/ problems to be solved, and (3) providing a new framework/ approach to synthesize current and extant knowledge in the field. We analyze some recent research in different areas of banking and finance (institutions, risk, governance, bank capital/ regulation, innovation) with a view to distil the creative processes at work. We find that the common themes that emerge are consistent with the theory of bisociation proposed by Koestler in his seminal 1964 book, “The Act of Creation†. We also provide a simple combinatorial exercise in the process of creativity that can be used by the reader by adapting to the topics and areas of her research.

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  • Kose John & Emma Xu, 2023. "High Impact Research in Finance: Role of Bisociation and Creativity," Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 13(02), pages 1-21, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:qjfxxx:v:13:y:2023:i:02:n:s2010139223400013
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010139223400013
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