Inventor Rewards, Specialization, and Innovation Performance
Published online on December 10, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Management, Ahead of Print.
Inventor rewards—monetary compensation for employees who generate patents—are widely used to promote innovation. Yet the same incentives can steer innovation toward productivity (quantity) or toward inventiveness (quality). Based on social identity ...
Inventor rewards—monetary compensation for employees who generate patents—are widely used to promote innovation. Yet the same incentives can steer innovation toward productivity (quantity) or toward inventiveness (quality). Based on social identity ...