Research Summary: This study introduces the notion of attention allocation in networks to
argue that individuals with different types of network structure produce good ideas via …

The current study provides a comprehensive analysis and integration of the literature on the
social network correlates of individual innovation. Reviewing the extant literature, we cluster …

Interest has burgeoned, in recent years, in how social networks influence individual
creativity and innovation. From both the theoretical and empirical points of view, this …

In this paper we investigate the dynamics of networks of employees in the front end of the
new product development process. So far, the literature has focused on network structure …

What lines of communication among members of an organization are most productive in the
early, ideation phase of innovation? We investigate this question with a recombination and …

Building on absorptive capacity and social network research, in this paper I investigate how
individuals inside the organization use external knowledge to generate innovations …

Social network research emphasizes the access to nonredundant knowledge content that
network ties provide. I suggest that some content is more beneficial than others and that tie …

Social networks provide individuals with diverse or redundant information depending on the
network structure. Both types of information offer advantages for generating new ideas. At …

Social networks can be important sources of information and insights that may spark
employee creativity. The cross-fertilization of ideas depends not just on access to …

This paper combines the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of
complex knowledge to explain the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across …