1032: Expanding the Role of Society on Business and Innovation (14840)

Session Chair(s)

• IT

  Inara Tareque

  Columbia Business School, United States
• BF

  Brandon Freiberg

  Columbia Business School, United States

Presenter(s)

• NW

  Nataliya Wright

  Columbia Business School, United States
• DF

  Daniel Fehder

  U. of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, United States

Discussant(s)

• NC

  Natalie Carlson

  The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania, United States
• DW

  Dan Wang

  Columbia Business School, United States
• RK

  Rembrand Koning

  Harvard Business School, United States

Society, business, and innovation are interlinked – meaning that the social context in which a company is embedded plays a critical role in influencing a company’s founding, growth, hiring, and capability to innovate. While extant research highlights several interdependencies between societal dynamics, business outcomes, and innovation, in today’s rapidly changing political and technological climate, there is an opportunity for scholars to strengthen our understanding of the intricate processes connecting business and society. The goal of this symposium is to advance more research in this area by identifying specific ways in which today’s society shapes business outcomes via political, technological, and social processes. Some critical questions that will be answered include: what is the impact of growing political polarity on the distribution of high-skilled labor, patents, and innovation? How do emerging technologies such as generative AI impact the information value of signals available in hiring and venture capital settings? Are nascent entrepreneurs in communities with stronger social ties able to exploit external advice better? In doing so, the symposium will bring together multidisciplinary management research to highlight the interplay between business, society, and innovation.

Presentations:

• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1032: Economic Consequences of Polarization: Large-scale Field Evidence from Technology Startups (14840)
  

  Author: Brandon Freiberg – Columbia Business School
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1032: Does AI Cheapen Talk? Evidence from Global Startup and Hiring Contexts (14840)
  

  Author: Nataliya Wright – Columbia Business School
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1032: Institutional Advice and Nascent Entrepreneurship: the Moderating Role of Community Social Capital (14840)
  

  Author: Inara Tareque – Columbia Business School
• 16:45 – 18:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1032: Partisan Patent Examiners? Political Ideology of Patent Examiners and Patent Office Outcomes (14840)
  

  Author: Daniel Fehder – U. of Southern California - Marshall School of Business