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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:
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How
should human capital functions
(e.g., selection, training, and
reward systems) be managed to create
an environment for innovation?
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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:
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How
do an organization's human capital,
innovation, and technology resources
evolve and change in importance over
time?
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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:
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Why
do some leaders resist innovation
while others are capable of
designing and implementing rapid
organizational change?
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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:
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What are the most effective ways to
reconfigure human capital and
technological resources to create
enduring sources of competitive
advantage?
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How
can organizational resources be
managed to provide competitive
advantage?
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