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Drechsler, Katharina ORCID: 0000-0003-3089-0748, Reibenspiess, Victoria, Eckhardt, Andreas and Wagner, Heinz Theo (2021). Innovation champions' activities and influences in organisations - A literature review. International Journal of Innovation Management, 25 (6). p. 2150066. World Scientific Publ.. ISSN 1363-9196

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Abstract

Innovation champions often play a pivotal role in facilitating new ideas and technology-based innovations within organisations. The rise of digital technology has led to radical changes in the nature of innovation and calls for an assessment of existing knowledge on innovation champions' activities and their influence on organisations and networks. This paper provides a systematic, interdisciplinary literature review on innovation champions from an individual and organisational perspective. Based on a search of 149 high-quality journals and conference proceedings, we identified 92 articles as relevant and synthesised prior knowledge on innovation champions. We find that, whereas innovation champions' activities have been explored in detail, research on innovation champions' influence, especially on networks, has been limited. Furthermore, we identify research gaps with respect to differences in innovation champions' activities at distinct stages of the innovation lifecycle and the formation of innovation champions' networks.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Drechsler, Katharina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3089-0748 UNSPECIFIED Reibenspiess, Victoria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eckhardt, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wagner, Heinz Theo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-650102
DOI:	10.1142/S1363919621500663
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Innovation Management
Volume:	25
Number:	6
Page Range:	p. 2150066
Date:	2021
Publisher:	World Scientific Publ.
ISSN:	1363-9196
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development
Subjects:	Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language literature review, activities, innovation champion, interdisciplinary, organisational influence UNSPECIFIED
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65010