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Innovation management

individuals who enthusiastically promote an innovation through organizational stages, overcoming resistance.

In innovation management, innovation champions refers to individuals who enthusiastically promote an innovation through organizational stages, overcoming resistance. This meaning comes from Howell (1990) in Administrative Science Quarterly.[1]

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Academic entrepreneurship

championship behaviors by founders and staff of university spin-offs, related to the success of the spin-offs' innovations.

In academic entrepreneurship, innovation champions refers to championship behaviors by founders and staff of university spin-offs, related to the success of the spin-offs' innovations. This meaning comes from Walter (2011) in Journal of Product Innovation Management.[2]

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champion behavior1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructacademic entrepreneurship1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructinnovation6 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

  1. Howell, J. M., & Higgins, C. A. (1990). Champions of Technological Innovation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(2), 317. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393393
  2. Walter, A., Parboteeah, K. P., Riesenhuber, F., & Hoegl, M. (2011). Championship Behaviors and Innovations Success: An Empirical Investigation of University Spin-Offs*. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(4), 586-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00826.x

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