Awards
Every year, CINet selects two award-winning papers:
John Bessant Best Paper Award
The main criteria for winning the John Bessant Best Paper Award are:
- Theoretical relevance - is the research problem real and "hot" from a theoretical perspective?
- Research design - scientific rigor in terms of hypotheses/questions, operationalization, sampling, data sources, analysis, validity/reliability
- Discussion and contribution to theory - does the paper solve the theoretical problem researched in the paper?
Mariano Corso Best Practical Implications Award
In order to be considered for the Mariano Corso Best Practical Implications Award, the paper must meet the following criteria:
- Practical relevance - is the research problem real and "hot" from a practical perspective?
- Research design - scientific rigor in terms of hypotheses/questions, operationalization, sampling, data sources, analysis, validity/reliability
- Discussion and contribution to practice - potential contribution to solving a practical problem, and to practitioner understanding - is the paper clear for practitioners and does it provide models and criteria that help them in understanding the phenomenon, go to the root causes of potential problems arising, and identify possible approaches to solve them?
Winners John Bessant Best Paper Award
- 2025: Wolf, Patricia, Bryan Yazell, AI’s Role in Imagining Future Life-Worlds that Motivate Young Citizens to Participate in Climate Action
- 2024: Pacuku, David and Christina Raasch, Disentangling the Effects of Idea Novelty and Mere Exposure on Idea Evaluation
- 2023: Wolf, 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?
- 2022: Lerche, Kristoffer and Mats Magnusson, IMS as a Catalist for the Legitimacy of Innovation
- 2021: Kutter, Linda, Patricia Wolf and Catherine Rothbarth, Shall we Dance? Innovation Journeys of Local Sustainability Transition Projects
- 2020: Agostini, Lara, Davide Aloini, Loretta Latronico, Anna Nosella and Luisa Pellegrini, Business Model Innovation in The Space Industry
- 2019: Visscher, Klaasjan, Katrin Hahn and Kornelia Konrad, Alignment and Positioning in Innovation Ecosystems; Exploring Strategies of Industrial Firms
- 2018: Giaccone, Sonia and Mats Magnusson, Exploring the Role of Risk-Taking in Innovation: An Empirical Study of Its Antecedents and Effects
- 2017: Tim G. Schweisfurth, Michael A. Zaggl, Claus P. Schöttl and Christina Raasch, Does similarity between evaluator and creator affect the evaluation of ideas?
- 2016: Holmquist, Anna Holm, Mats Magnusson & Mona Livholts, Reinventing Tradition in Crafts-Driven Innovation – Exploring the Creation of New Meaning Through Forms, Materials, and Manufacturing Processes
- 2015: Lars Bengtsson, Nicolette Lakemond, Keld Laursen and Fredrik Tell, Managing Knowledge Integration Across Multiple Boundaries in Open Innovation”
- 2014: Lara Agostini, Roberto Filippini and Anna Nosella, Towards an integrated view of ambidexterity: and empirical investigation
- 2013: Bergendahl, Magnus, Mats Magnusson, Networking Distance and Knowledge Creation in Ideation
- 2012: Rosell, David T., Lisa Melander, Nicolette Lakemond, Strategies for Integrating Supplier Knowledge in Innovation – Internal Knowledge Absorption and Joint Knowledge Accumulation
- 2011: Cokpekin, Ozge & Mette Praest Knudsen, Does Organizing Creativity Really Lead to Innovation?
- 2010: Beckett, Ronald C., & Andrew O'loughlin, The Dynamics of Innovation: Managing Kairotic Moments
- 2009: Björk, Jennie, Paolo Boccardelli & Mats Magusson, Ideation Capabilities for Continuous Innovation
- 2008: Aloini, Davide, Antonella Martini, and Luisa Pellegrini, Application of Structural Equation Modeling to Evaluate a Continuous Improvement Model
- 2007: Brun, Eric & Alf Steinar Saetre, Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development Projects
- 2006: Poyhonen, Aino, Development and Validation of a Survey Instrument for Measuring Organizational Renewal Capability
- 2005: McLaughlin, Patrick, John Bessant and Palie Smart, Developing an Organization Culture to Facilitate Radical Innovation
- 2004: Feller, Jan, Annaleena Parhankangas, Riitta Smeds, Process Learning in Alliances Developing Radical and Incremental Innovations: Evidence from the Telecommunications Industry
- 2002: Dabhilkar, Mandar and Lars Bengtsson, Balanced Scorecards for a Strategic and Sustainable Continuous Improvement Capability
- 2000: Jayawarna, Dilani and Alan W. Pearson, Continuous Improvement within the Scope of an Integrated Quality Management System: R&D Experience
- 1998: Savolainen, Taina, Cycles of continuous improvement: realizing competitive advantages through quality - a longitudinal case study
Winners Mariano Corso Best Practical Implications Award
- 2025: Tallarico, Salvatore, Luisa Pellegrini, Melanie Wiener, Firms Under Pressure: Open Innovation as a Path to Circular Economy
- 2024: Palombi, Giulia, Francesca Bellesia and Paola Bellis, Understanding How AI is Transforming the Front-End of Innovation
- 2023: Pesce, Danilo, Claudia Franze and Emilio Paolucci, Implementing Sustainable Remanufacturing Practices in the White Goods Sector
- 2022: Prosman, Ernst Johannes, Federica Ciccullo, Sandra Cesari de Maria and Raffaella Cagliano, Collaborative Sustainable Business Model Archetypes in the Agri-food Sector
- 2021: Jagstedt, Siri, Niklas Mellegård and Kenneth Lind, Managing Dependencies to Enable Continuous Innovation in a Multi-brand Organisation
- 2020: Bitetti, 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
- 2019: Vries, Jan de, and Arnold Hoosbeek, Teaming in Industry 4.0 Innovation Networks
- 2018: Johansson, Sara, Malin Kullström, Jennie Björk, Anna Karlsson and Susanne Nilsson, The Consequences of Managerial Controls for Digital Innovation Projects
- 2017: Anna Karlsson & Lars Bengtsson, The managerial challenge of setting goals conducive to individual ambidexterity
- 2016: Teppola, Susanna, Petri Kettunen, Mari Matinlassi & Jari Partanen, Transparency of Information to Improve Continuous Innovation Experimentation Performance
- 2015: Anna Karlsson and Jennie Björk, Establish and Manage a Network for Continuous Innovation – Invoking Organizational Pressure
- 2014: Inka Lappalainen, Maaria Nuutinen, Tiina Valjakka, Toni Ahonen, Situated provider-customer interaction as an arena for continuous service innovation
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