Trials
A scientific approach to entrepreneurial experimentation: evidence from a randomised controlled trial
Does a scientific approach to business experimentation affect startups' performance? What is the effect of extending the use of a scientific approach on team validation?
The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on Firm Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial
To what extent does patent protection change product market outcomes?
The granting of patent rights is a central public policy tool to incentivise innovation, but the incentive that patents offer works indirectly. Rather than directly subsidising R&D costs (as in other mechanisms, such as tax credits), or attempting to make up for any differences between the public and private incentives to research, patents provide incentive through product market protection.
Corporate Nudging & Intrapreneurship
Can subtle non-monetary nudges be used to influence intrapreneurial behaviour in a large corporation?
Intrapreneurship, or bottom-up entrepreneurial activities by employees from existing firms, can be an important source of innovation and organisational growth. Management of intrapreneurship, however, is highly complex as it is typically considered discretionary behaviour and is generally not formalised in job descriptions. Innovation competitions is one way to stimulate this type of behaviour within firms
A Randomised Control Trial to Identify the Effect of Tech Incubators on Startups
Is there an effect of incubator spaces on the survival of startups and their economic performance? And if so, why?
From our blog
We suggest three main areas of action which should be explored by those managing R&D and innovation budgets in order to increase their impact.
Over the last four years at the Innovation Growth Lab, we've started learning valuable lessons from experiments about how to best support innovation, entrepreneurship, and business growth.
Spain is on the verge of passing new legislation on policy evaluation. This represents a great opportunity to create the framework that will allow Spain to evaluate its policies and learn more about their impact - but the text is in need of improvement.
Our Partners
Innovation Growth Lab is an international initiative led by Nesta in partnership with several public and private organisations around the world.
Our research network
The IGL Research Network includes over 85 researchers from around the world working on randomised controlled trials related to innovation, high-growth entrepreneurship and growth.
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Jhony PulidoCAF Development Bank -
Chuck EesleyStanford University -
Sheen S. LevineUniversity of Texas -
Charlie EbertColorado State University
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Christoph IhlHamburg University of Technology -
Santosh KesavanCrosslinks Foundation -
Juanita Gonzalez-UribeLondon School of Economics -
Richard KnellerUniversity of Nottingham
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Adriana CamachoUniversidad de los Andes -
Sofia BapnaCarlson School of Management, University of Minnesota -
Leonardo IacovoneThe World Bank -
Diego UbfalBocconi University
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Michael LeatherbeePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile -
Christian CataliniMIT Sloan School of Management -
Jeff PollackNorth Carolina State University -
Margherita CalderoneInnovations for Poverty Action