Researchers Kevin Heij, Rick Hollen and Henk Volberda (all part of the ABS Strategy & International Business section) and Frans van den Bosch (RSM, Rotterdam School of Management) published the paper How to leverage the impact of R&D on product innovation? The moderating effect of management innovation in the journal R&D Management in March 2020.

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Management innovation is key

The researchers explored the effects of innovation in management on R&D (research and development) effectiveness in terms of product innovation. They found that high levels of management innovation could be a more competitive advantage that just R&D on its own. One of their conclusions was that ‘management innovation is a key moderator in explaining firms’ effectiveness in transforming R&D into successful product innovation’.