Balancing act between research and application: how research orientation and networks affect scholars’ academic and commercial output

Werker, Claudia; Hopp, Christian (2020). Balancing act between research and application: how research orientation and networks affect scholars’ academic and commercial output Journal of Business Economics, 90(8), pp. 1171-1197. Springer 10.1007/s11573-020-00979-x

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Scholars’ balancing act between research and application leads to trade-offs between commercial and research output. Yet what some scholars may consider as poles apart might lead to super-additive outcomes for others. Based on a survey carried out at three leading European universities of technology we investigate the influence of scholars’ research orientation and networks on their output productivity. Our results point to a very specific group of ambidextrous scholars that is comparatively small. The scholars in this group are able to successfully balance research and application. In contrast, all scholars focusing on either pure basic or pure applied research face a trade-off between publications and innovations. In general, our findings suggest that the output productivity of all scholars is the higher the better their research orientation fits with their network activities. In particular, ambidextrous scholars rely on effectively accessing and utilizing their network to increase commercial and research output.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Business School > Business Foundations and Methods
Name:	Werker, Claudia and Hopp, Christian0000-0002-4095-092X
ISSN:	0044-2372
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christian Hopp
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2020 16:03
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2021 02:18
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/s11573-020-00979-x
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Academia, Output·Research, orientation, Networks, Ambidexterity
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.11976
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/11976