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| Title: | A Swarm of Innovators: Information, Leadership and Innovation |
| Authors: | Bel, Roland Smirnov, Vladimir Wait, Andrew School of Economics |
| Keywords: | innovation communication breakdown leadership |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2011 |
| Publisher: | School of Economics |
| Series/Report no.: | 2011-11 |
| Abstract: | We study the interplay between innovation, communication in an organization and leadership. Although a firm requires both strong leadership and sufficient communication in order to innovate, we posit that frequent communication – particularly amongst strong leaders and in larger firms – can lead to disagreement and innovation breakdown. Using a survey of 3000 French firms we find that, on their own, firm size, regular communication and result-oriented leadership are all positively associated with innovation. However, there is a negative relationship between successful innovation and: (i) frequent communication in larger firms; and (ii) frequent communication with result-oriented leadership. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/7871 |
| Department/Unit/Centre: | School of Economics |
| Appears in Collections: | Working Papers - Economics |
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