IRI Announces Winner of Prestigious Holland Award
Should manufacturers strive to be cutting edge?
Thats the question explored in , the paper that won the Innovation Research Interchanges 2023 Maurice Holland Award.
- The honor, named for the IRIs founder, has been bestowed annually since 1982 by the IRI, the 51勛圖厙s innovation division. It goes to the best article published in the IRIs flagship publication, Research-Technology Management.
- Winning papers exemplify a commitment to significant work in research and development and innovation management, originality of new management concepts and excellence in presentation.
- This years paper, by Michael Obal, Todd Morgan and Wesley Friske, does all three, according to the IRI.泭
Providing value: In innovation, novelty generates the most attention but does not always translate into better value for the company and customers, said Research-Technology Management Editor-in-Chief Yat Ming Ooi.
- This article tells readers when and to whom novel new products matter and why companies need to strike the right balance to ensure better new product performance.
Authors respond: Research-Technology Management is a leading academic journal for innovation-related research, and thus having an opportunity to publish an article in泭RTM泭is a significant accomplishment in its own right, said co-author Friske, an associate professor at Missouri State Universitys marketing department. I am also grateful for the opportunity to share this award with my friends and co-authors, and it is particularly important to me now that Todd is no longer with us.
- Co-author Morgan, an assistant professor at Cleveland State Universitys Monte Ahuja College of Business, passed away in 2023.
- I’m honored to receive the Holland Award from泭Research-Technology Management泭alongside Todd and Wes, said co-author Obal, an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowells Manning School of Business. All three of us have aimed to publish academic work that impacts practitioners throughout our careers, [so] receiving an award from a journal that specifically focuses on bridging the gap between academia and practice is especially gratifying.
- This paper and award are bittersweet as Todd is no longer with us, Obal continued. [But] I am encouraged that his work will continue to have an impact.泭
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