How Do Innovators Learn from Others? Examining Help, Feedback and Advice in Creating Novelty

Innovators face a particular challenge: they are trying to create something novel, and multiple paths could lead to success or failure. To address this uncertainty, innovators often seek more information from outside their immediate team, firm, or network. The literatures of help, feedback and advice should provide some insight into how innovators learn from external sources. This panel will explore two main opportunities: 1) to bring together...