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
It’s difficult to summarise all the discussions at IGL2018 in Boston. With over 70 speakers, 10 keynotes and debates, 14 hand-on practical sessions, and participants from more than 20 countries, there was plenty of interesting conversations both on stage and during the breaks.
Steve Rader, speaker at IGL2018, outlines the seven ideas that were helpful to their group at NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation. as they scaled up their Open Innovation programme.
Reflecting on our latest event, IGL2018, James Phipps discusses some thoughts after his session on experimentation, vouchers and randomised controlled trials.
Our partners
IGL 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 researchers from around the world working on randomised trials related to innovation, high-growth entrepreneurship and growth.
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Andrew KingUniversity of Virginia Darden School of Business -
John Van ReenenLSE -
Guido BaltesConstance University of Applied Sciences IST Institute for Strategic Innovation & Technology Management -
Ina GanguliUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
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Jeff PollackNorth Carolina State University -
Nicolai FossBocconi University -
Viktoria BossTUHH Institute of Entrepreneurship -
Chiara SpinaBocconi University
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Christian CataliniMIT Sloan School of Management -
Michael LenoxUniversity of Virginia Darden School of Business -
Igor AsanovUniversity of Kassel -
Jaideep PrabhuUniversity of Cambridge Judge Business School
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Jana GallusUCLA Anderson School of Management -
Kåre MobergThe Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship -
Albert Banal-EstañolUniversitat Pompeu Fabra -
Asif MehediUniversity of Virginia Darden School of Business