TY - JOUR T1 - Working with Startups? These are the Three Things You Ought to Know about Startup Teams JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2019 A1 - Anna Brattström KW - entrepreneurship KW - new venture teams KW - teamwork AB - While much has been written about how startups work to develop their product, this paper focuses instead on how to manage the startup team. Based on a systematic review of current research, I present actionable insights about startup team characteristics; who they are, how they work, and how they stay together. I explain how these characteristics imply both opportunities and threats for the viability of the team and discuss how startup teams can be managed to increase the likelihood of their survival and growth. Given that the majority of startup failures are attributed to the team, not to the product, these insights are valuable both to aspiring entrepreneurs and to their external stakeholders. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 9 UR - timreview.ca/article/1279 IS - 11 U1 -
Lund University

Anna Brattström works at Lund University, Sweden. Her research focuses on how people come together and work together in contexts such as innovative start-ups or inter-organizational R&D alliances. Her work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Journal of Product Innovation Management.

 

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - How to Deal With and Repair Broken Trust in an R&D Partnership JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Anna Brattström KW - conflict KW - Open innovation KW - R&D partnerships KW - trust KW - trust repair AB - This article offers an actionable framework for dealing with trust violations in R&D partnerships: it explains how to turn around a conflicted R&D partnership, repair trust, and learn from the experience. As innovation becomes more open, firms increasingly find themselves involved in R&D collaborations with suppliers, customers or even competitors. Trust plays a fundamental role in such partnerships to work. Yet, trust cannot be taken for granted. In fact, trust in R&D partnerships is often violated – and without executive intervention, trust violations can soon turn even the most promising partnership into a value-destroying predicament. Although much has been written about trust formation in R&D partnerships, this article focuses instead on what to do when trust has been broken. The analysis is based on a review of academic research and is illustrated with real-life examples of trust repair processes. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1182 IS - 9 U1 - Lund University Anna Brattström is an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden, where she researches innovation and collaboration. Her work on trust in R&D partnerships has been published in journals such as Organization Studies and the Journal of Product Innovation Management. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the ISPIM Innovation Management Dissertation Award for her in-depth studies of trust dynamics in R&D partnerships. ER -