Institutions and Innovations: A Longitudinal Study of Institutional Endorsement and Firm Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1980-2004

Who: Francisco Polidoro, Jr.,  Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management

What: Faculty Research Presentation Speaker Series

When: February 26, 2008   6:00 p.m.    FREE PIZZA!

Where: CBA 4.328,, McCombs School of Business, 21st and Speedway

Why come:  Polidoro's research shows that during the introduction of new technological innovations institutional endorsements can both facilitate and hinder a product's legitimacy. The more innovations that build on existing knowledge are endorsed by the scientific community, the more difficult it becomes for an innovation based on novel knowledge to be legitimated. The firm introducing novel knowledge has incentives to seek scientific endorsements to overcome institutional inertia in favor of existing knowledge. To test his theory, Polidoro uses  data on new pharmaceutical drugs introduced between 1980 and 2004.

Who’s invited: Open to the public.

Research and Vita

Management Department

More info: Contact Stephanie Stratz