Awards

Every year, CINet selects two award-winning papers:

Winners of the John Bessant Best Paper Award

The winning papers are in the members area; members can open them after logging in.

1. 2026Globocnik, Dietfried, Peter Söllnbauer and Rita Faullant Does Origin Matter? Comparing GenAI, Expert, and Customer Idea Quality
2. 2025Wolf, Patricia and Bryan Yazell AI’s Role in Imagining Future Life-Worlds that Motivate Young Citizens to Participate in Climate Action
3. 2024Pacuku, David and Christina Raasch Disentangling the Effects of Idea Novelty and Mere Exposure on Idea Evaluation
4. 2023Wolf, Patricia, Kristina Vaarst Andersen, Pierre-Yves Kocher and Jessica Annalena Steppe Patterns in Organizational Culture Change: Imprints of the Interaction Between Organizational Culture and Organizational Learning?
5. 2022Lerche, Kristoffer and Mats Magnusson IMS as a Catalist for the Legitimacy of Innovation
6. 2021Kutter, Linda, Patricia Wolf and Catherine Rothbarth Shall we Dance? Innovation Journeys of Local Sustainability Transition Projects
7. 2020Agostini, Lara, Davide Aloini, Loretta Latronico, Anna Nosella and Luisa Pellegrini Business Model Innovation in The Space Industry
8. 2019Visscher, Klaasjan, Katrin Hahn and Kornelia Konrad Alignment and Positioning in Innovation Ecosystems; Exploring Strategies of Industrial Firms
9. 2018Giaccone, Sonia and Mats Magnusson Exploring the Role of Risk-Taking in Innovation: An Empirical Study of Its Antecedents and Effects
10. 2017Schweisfurth, Tim G., Michael A. Zaggl, Claus P. Schöttl and Christina Raasch Does similarity between evaluator and creator affect the evaluation of ideas?
11. 2016Holmquist, Anna Holm, Mats Magnusson and Mona Livholts Reinventing Tradition in Crafts-Driven Innovation – Exploring the Creation of New Meaning Through Forms, Materials, and Manufacturing Processes
12. 2015Bengtsson, Lars, Nicolette Lakemond, Keld Laursen and Fredrik Tell Managing Knowledge Integration Across Multiple Boundaries in Open Innovation”
13. 2014Agostini, Lara, Roberto Filippini and Anna Nosella Towards an integrated view of ambidexterity: and empirical investigation
14. 2013Bergendahl, Magnus and Mats Magnusson Networking Distance and Knowledge Creation in Ideation
15. 2012Rosell, David T., Lisa Melander and Nicolette Lakemond Strategies for Integrating Supplier Knowledge in Innovation – Internal Knowledge Absorption and Joint Knowledge Accumulation
16. 2011Cokpekin, Ozge and Mette Praest Knudsen Does Organizing Creativity Really Lead to Innovation?
17. 2010Beckett, Ronald C. and Andrew O'Loughlin The Dynamics of Innovation: Managing Kairotic Moments
18. 2009Björk, Jennie, Paolo Boccardelli and Mats Magnusson Ideation Capabilities for Continuous Innovation
19. 2008Aloini, Davide, Antonella Martini and Luisa Pellegrini Application of Structural Equation Modeling to Evaluate a Continuous Improvement Model
20. 2007Brun, Eric and Alf Steinar Saetre Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development Projects
21. 2006Poyhonen, Aino Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument for Measuring Organizational Renewal Capability
22. 2005McLaughlin, Patrick, John Bessant and Palie Smart Developing an Organization Culture to Facilitate Radical Innovation
23. 2004Feller, Jan, Annaleena Parhankangas and Riitta Smeds Process Learning in Alliances Developing Radical and Incremental Innovations: Evidence from the Telecommunications Industry
24. 2002Dabhilkar, Mandar and Lars Bengtsson Balanced Scorecards for a Strategic and Sustainable Continuous Improvement Capability
25. 2000Jayawarna, Dilani and Alan W. Pearson Continuous Improvement within the Scope of an Integrated Quality Management System: R&D Experience
26. 1998Savolainen, Taina Cycles of continuous improvement: realizing competitive advantages through quality - a longitudinal case study

Winners of the Mariano Corso Best Practical Implications Award

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1. 2026Trabucchi, Daniel and Tommaso Buganza When GenAI Becomes a Team Member
2. 2025Tallarico, Salvatore, Luisa Pellegrini and Melanie Wiener Firms Under Pressure: Open Innovation as a Path to Circular Economy
3. 2024Palombi, Giulia, Francesca Bellesia and Paola Bellis Understanding How AI is Transforming the Front-End of Innovation
4. 2023Pesce, Danilo, Claudia Franze and Emilio Paolucci Implementing Sustainable Remanufacturing Practices in the White Goods Sector
5. 2022Prosman, Ernst Johannes, Federica Ciccullo, Sandra Cesari de Maria and Raffaella Cagliano Collaborative Sustainable Business Model Archetypes in the Agri-food Sector
6. 2021Jagstedt, Siri, Niklas Mellegård and Kenneth Lind Managing Dependencies to Enable Continuous Innovation in a Multi-brand Organisation
7. 2020Bitetti, Leandro and Michael Gibbert Cognitive Paths of Business Model Innovation in Small Traditional Firms: How Customers’ Jobs to be Done are Processed by Small Businesses’ Owners
8. 2019Vries, Jan de and Arnold Hoosbeek Teaming in Industry 4.0 Innovation Networks
9. 2018Johansson, Sara, Malin Kullström, Jennie Björk, Anna Karlsson and Susanne Nilsson The Consequences of Managerial Controls for Digital Innovation Projects
10. 2017Karlsson, Anna and Lars Bengtsson The managerial challenge of setting goals conducive to individual ambidexterity
11. 2016Teppola, Susanna, Petri Kettunen, Mari Matinlassi and Jari Partanen Transparency of Information to Improve Continuous Innovation Experimentation Performance
12. 2015Karlsson, Anna and Jennie Björk Establish and Manage a Network for Continuous Innovation – Invoking Organizational Pressure
13. 2014Lappalainen, Inka, Maaria Nuutinen, Tiina Valjakka and Toni Ahonen Situated provider-customer interaction as an arena for continuous service innovation