Themes

Development of Human Capital

Coordinator: Andries de Grip

Concentrates on the development and maintenance of employee skills and competences, effective internal communication, and HRM/labour relations which enable firms to work "smarter" and increase human excellence and the firm's performance.

Dynamic Management Capabilities

Coordinator: Frans A.J. Van Den Bosch

Focuses on how innovations in management roles and leadership styles, managing diversity in teams and entrepreneurship give ris to dynamic managerial capabilities that trigger social innovation.

Flexible Organizational Forms

Coordinator: Justin Jansen

Investigates how various flexible organizational forms and restructuring enable social innovation.

Learning Alliances and Open Innovation

Coordinator: Geert Duysters

Studies how learning alliances, sophisticated market sensing, interactive client-based innovations, and open innovation networks enable the integration of internal and external knowledge and new interorganizational relationships.

Management of Institutional Stakeholders

Coordinator: Jelle Visser

Concentrates on the role of educational, regulatory, and financial institutions and institutional stakeholders as enablers of innovation and "win-win" solutions.

Productivity Measurement and Impact Assessment

Coordinator: Henk Volberda

Through systematic measurement and evaluation on their effects on (1) the firms's performance and productivity (with the Social Innovation Monitor) and (2) the quality of labour (with the HR benchmark).

Social Innovation

Coordinator: Fietje Vaas

Studies the effect of social innovation on the firm's overall performance.