Cognition and Innovation

Kristian J. Sund is Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization at Roskilde University in Denmark. Kristian holds a Doctorate in Management and M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Lausanne, and a M.A. from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he also completed his post-doc.Robert J. Galavan is a full Professor and holds the Chair in Strategic Management at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He holds an award winning PhD on Strategic Leadership from Cranfield University, an M.A. in Adult Education and Sustainable Development, and degrees in Strategy and Management. Stefano Brusoni is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich). He holds a DPhil in Science and Technology Studies from SPRU at the University of Sussex (UK).

• Introduction. COGNITION AND INNOVATION: A FRAMEWORK AND INVITATION TO EXPLORE; Kristian J. Sund, Robert J. Galavan, and Stefano BrusoniChapter 1. THE PERFORMATIVE POWER OF WORDS: HOW BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATORS USE FRAMING FOR STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE; Yuliya Snihur, Llewellyn D. W. Thomas, and Robert A. BurgelmanChapter 2. A SOCIO-COGNITIVE MODEL OF INNOVATION ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION; Tabish Zaman, Matthew Mount, Tyrone Pitsis, Rory O'Connor, and Stephen DeanChapter 3. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMAND–PULL ATTENTION AND RADICAL PRODUCT INNOVATION —EVIDENCE THROUGH COMPUTER-AIDED TEXT ANALYSIS; Esther Biehl, Kerstin Fehre, and Marco TietzeChapter 4. COGNITIVE PROCESSES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION: TOWARDS A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MICRO-MECHANISMS; Zorica Zagorac-Uremovic and Christian MarxtChapter 5. THE ROLE OF POWER ASYMMETRY AND PARADOXICAL LEADERSHIP IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AGILITY; Constantinos S. Mammassis and Petra C. Schmid Chapter 6. EXPLORING THE ORGANIZATION OF UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY JOINT LABORATORIES: A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE; Maral Mahdad, Marcel Bogers, Andrea Piccaluga, and Alberto Di MininChapter 7. THE MORAL DILEMMA OF CARING VERSUS RULING: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ETHICAL TURN IN PRACTICES; Georg von Krogh, Nina Geilinger, and Lise Rechsteiner

Business researchers demonstrate how theories of cognition can inform studies on the processes of innovation and creativity. Their topics include the performative power of words: how business model innovators use framing for strategic advantage, the relationship between demand-pull attention and radical product innovation: evidence through computer-aided text analysis, cognitive processes of entrepreneurial opportunity identification: toward a holistic understanding of the micro-mechanisms, and the moral dilemma of caring versus ruling: an examination of the ethical turn in practices.