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SUMMARY:MTEI Seminar by Prof Xavier Martin\, Tilburg University
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DESCRIPTION:Prof Xavier Martin\, Tilburg University\nSeminar at the Manage
 ment of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute\n\nFrom invention breadth 
 to impact: Effects of experience and mindfulness\n\nAbstract:\nOrganizatio
 ns create impactful inventions when they combine disparate strands of tech
 nology in their corporate R&D. We theorize that when undertaking complex i
 nventive efforts\, characterized by high breadth\, i.e. drawing on multipl
 e and diverse technology components\, an organization's propensity towards
  impactful inventions will be moderated by its stock of experience with re
 combining such components\, and by the focus of its inventive search. Buil
 ding on learning transfer theory\, we argue that the complexity and causal
  ambiguity of higher-breadth projects is such that experience with similar
  inventive efforts will be a poorer guide\, comparatively reducing their i
 nventive impact\; however\, this effect can be attenuated by the degree of
  focus of an organization's inventive efforts. Using a longitudinal datase
 t of patents from the photographic imaging industry\, we find support for 
 our predictions.
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