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Research Areas
SURVEYING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
HCIT researchers study the effective management of innovation,
technology, and human capital utilizing macro and micro theories and
integrating levels of analysis. Specific research questions include:
- How should human capital functions
(e.g., selection, training, and reward systems) be managed to create an
environment for innovation?
- What are the processes by which
managers and employees create opportunities to innovate?
IDENTIFYING RESOURCES THAT BUILD COMPETITIVENESS
Interactions among human capital, innovation, and technology in the
creation of competitive advantage are major foci of the center's
investigations. Related research questions include:
- How do an organization's human
capital, innovation, and technology resources evolve and change in
importance over time?
- How do innovation and technology
differ as organizational resources?
TURNING BUSINESS CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
HCIT is studying the processes firms use to manage the tension between
their capabilities and limitations, both internally and externally. Research
questions in this area include:
- Why do some leaders resist
innovation while others are capable of designing and implementing rapid
organizational change?
- How do individual differences among
strategic decision makers affect the ways they develop resource
advantages?
IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS
HCIT researchers are exploring how leaders combine various resources,
including human and intellectual capital, knowledge capital, and management
processes, to initiate actions that ensure firm success. Research questions
in this area include:
- What are the most effective ways to
reconfigure human capital and technological resources to create enduring
sources of competitive advantage?
- How can organizational resources be
managed to provide competitive advantage?
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