Firms' ability to steady exploit their proprietary inventions via new products is an important
driver to innovate, and then to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. However, the …

Context Large project overruns and overtime work have been reported in the software
industry, resulting in additional expense for companies and personal issues for developers …

Purpose–While innovation has many similarities to other forms of projects it is characterised
by a high failure rate and the need to stimulate creativity. More explicit risk management …

Artificial intelligence by principle is developed to assist but also support decision making
processes. In our study, we explore how information retrieved from social media can assist …

Despite the importance of radical innovations (RI), few firms have the capability to develop
such innovations internally; success is increasingly linked with relationships and networks …

As firms struggle with high failure rates when developing new products and services, they
seek new approaches to innovation. One method garnering attention is design thinking (DT) …

Escalation of commitment occurs when managers continue to devote efforts to
underperforming new product development (NPD) projects, even though doing so carries a …

The iterative cycles used in agile software development create a series of deadlines for
project teams. We investigate the optimal iteration length under behavioral conditions for …

abstract The benefits of strategically balancing exploitation and exploration are well
documented in the literature. Nonetheless, many firms tend to overemphasize exploitation …

The purpose of this experimental study is to test whether specific approaches can reduce
escalation of commitment—namely, decision‐makers' tendency to persist with an innovation …