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Innovation?
Magazine: Fall 2009 • Research Highlight • October 01, 2009 • Reading Time: 1 min
Daniel Tzabbar
We also found that a high level of collaboration via alliances promotes innovation, as it encourages a free
flow of ideas among the people who must work together to discover new solutions to problems. However,
the existence of a high level of star scientists (human capital) inhibits both innovation and collaboration.
Stars may have too much vested in their current thought processes — and organizations may have too much
vested in their stars — to seek collaboration or new intellectual capital. Thus, from our study, it seems that
in an innovative organization, a star-oriented culture has a dark side.
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Daniel Tzabbar is an assistant professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the University of Central
Florida. He gratefully acknowledges the contributions of Robert C. Ford, a professor of management at the
University of Central Florida, in the preparation of this article.
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https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/what-helps-and-hinders-innovation/