Descripción del proyecto
Modelos probados con datos para la gestión de la innovación
Existen pruebas fehacientes que indican que los directivos y los emprendedores carecen de los métodos adecuados para tomar decisiones en situaciones de incertidumbre, lo que obstaculiza la innovación y el éxito de muchas empresas emergentes. En el proyecto SAIM, financiado con fondos europeos, se estudiará si un método científico basado en el desarrollo de modelos probados con datos puede mejorar la capacidad de toma de decisiones de los directivos y los emprendedores. Su equipo desarrollará un marco que explique los mecanismos y las repercusiones de este método y, además, los evaluará a través de un ensayo controlado aleatorizado a gran escala en seis empresas internacionales. El objetivo es corroborar que un método de este tipo mejora el rendimiento y los resultados, al finalizar antes proyectos infructuosos y al facilitar cambiar el proyecto gracias a la interpretación de señales. En conjunto, los resultados de SAIM modificarán la gestión de la innovación y la percepción del espíritu emprendedor.
Objetivo
There is strong evidence that managers and entrepreneurs have poor methods to make decisions under uncertainty. This is a serious problem that discourages innovation and the success of many start-ups. At the aggregate level it sties economic growth and the returns from many public and private incentives to innovation or entrepreneurship. This project studies whether managers and entrepreneurs can improve their ability to make these decisions by adopting a scientic approach based on the formulation of models tested with data, such as scientists do. The project develops a framework that explains the mechanisms and implications of this approach, and tests them through a large-scale RCT in six international sites. The framework shows that a scientic approach improves performance by pursuing valuable innovations and by terminating unsuccessful projects earlier. It also helps decision-makers to interpret signals: in particular, they understand better how to change a project in response to negative signals. The RCT tests mechanisms and performance of the scientic approach against current practice in innovation management, and its coverage ensures a good assessment of its validity across contexts and conditions. The results of this RCT are potentially ground-breaking because they can: (i) change the way we think innovation management and entrepreneurship; (ii) encourage the practical application of many economic and managerial theories ignored by managers or entrepreneurs in spite of their practical prescriptions; (iii) help to rethink the curricula of business schools by making a scientic approach to management more prominent and by revamping the application of economic and managerial theories; (iv) improve the mentorship of the many public and private initiatives that support innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide.
Ámbito científico
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Régimen de financiación
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantInstitución de acogida
20136 Milano
Italia