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ProfessorPaolaCriscuolo

Business School

Professor of Innovation Management
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 1582p.criscuolo Website

 
 
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275Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Criscuolo:2021:10.1287/orsc.2020.1413,
author = {Criscuolo, P and Dahlander, L and Grohsjean, T and Salter, A},
doi = {10.1287/orsc.2020.1413},
journal = {Organization Science},
pages = {909--1148},
title = {The sequence effect in panel decisions: evidence from the evaluation of research and development projects},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1413},
volume = {32},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - We examine how groups fall prey to the sequence effect when they make choices based on informed assessments of complex situations, for example, when evaluating research and development (R&D) projects. The core argument is that the temporal sequence of selection matters because projects that appear in a sequence following a funded project are themselves less likely to receive funding. Building on the idea that selecting R&D projects is a demanding process that drains participants’ mental and emotional resources, we further theorize the moderating effect of the influence of the timing of the panel meeting on the sequence effect. We test these conjectures using a randomization in sequence order from several rounds of R&D project selection at a leading professional service firm. We find robust support for the existence of a sequence effect in R&D as well as for the moderating effect. We further explore different explanations for the sequence effect and how it passes from the individual to the panel. These findings have broader implications for the literature on innovation and search in general and on group decision making for R&D, specifically, as they suggest that a previously overlooked dimension affects selection outcomes.
AU  - Criscuolo,P
AU  - Dahlander,L
AU  - Grohsjean,T
AU  - Salter,A
DO  - 10.1287/orsc.2020.1413
EP  - 1148
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1047-7039
SP  - 909
TI  - The sequence effect in panel decisions: evidence from the evaluation of research and development projects
T2  - Organization Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2020.1413
UR  - https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2020.1413
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/85958
VL  - 32
ER  -
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