日時：
２０２５年１０月１５日（水）１６：００～１７：３０
論題：
“Business Scholars on Boards and Firm Innovation”
講演者：
Cornelia Storz
(Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
概要：
Why do business scholars-directors, rather than STEM scholar-directors, drive firm innovation? This paper addresses this unexpected pattern through an abductive research design combining panel data, interviews, and publication analysis. Drawing on a hand-collected dataset of Chinese listed firms (2008–2018), we show that business scholars on corporate boards enhance innovation by contributing strategic knowledge – higher-order, portable insights rooted in frameworks, heuristics, and theories that help firms navigate the uncertainty inherent in innovation across market dynamics, organizational design, and competitive positioning. We theorize strategic knowledge as a distinct asset, whose impact is contingent on insider technology directors’ presence and social validation. By challenging prevailing assumptions about scientific expertise, we contribute to the knowledge-based view and corporate governance literature, reframing how strategy-related higher-order expertise can support firm-level innovation.
言語：英語
開催場所：
※対面開催
一橋大学イノベーション研究センター２階・第２ IIRラボ
(Room #219)
幹事：
青島 矢一（イノベーション研究センター）
共催：
社会科学高等研究院マネジメント・イノベーション研究センター (HIAS MIC)
申込締め切り：
フォーラム当日 ９：００