Three essays on organizational innovation and creativity using text-based approaches.

Abstract

This dissertation aims at presenting some contextual factors that influence innovation, including economic, institutional, and cultural factors, which are critical for understanding the complex and dynamic environment in which innovation occurs. It consists of three empirical studies that leverage novel text-based measures and methodological advancements to generate new insights to inform innovation theory. Chapter one explores how to synthesize innovation knowledge generated from academic and industrial endeavors by analyzing the language used in patent documents and scientific publications. Chapter two investigates how institutional interventions modify the competitive space of firms and affect their disclosure behavior by studying the impact of perceived competition on the dissemination of innovation or R&D findings on a regulatory platform. Finally, chapter three examines how dynastic embeddedness enables and constrains innovation production by developing theory and testing the relationship between the dynastic roots of producers and creative productions.