TY - THES ID - 134684422 TI - The effect of team characteristics on innovation radicalness AU - Broekx, Piet AU - Veugelers, Reinhilde AU - Gigena, Manuel AU - KU Leuven. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen. Opleiding Master in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen (Leuven) PY - 2016 PB - Leuven KU Leuven. Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134684422 AB - Teamwork has become more and more a general concept in the innovation environment. As in the past, most breakthrough inventions were established by sole entrepreneurs, nowadays by teams’ performed innovations are the rule rather than the exception. A distinction is made between radical and incremental innovations. In this thesis, team composition in innovations is discussed. Insights on which team characteristics effect innovation radicalness will be given. More specifically, the effects of team experience, team variety and team tenure on innovativeness are examined by making use of patent data from the biotechnology industry. Empirical results confirm the hypothesis that team member experience is indeed a benefactor of innovation radicalness. No confirmation of the other hypotheses was found. The results do not find a negative relationship between team heterogeneity and innovation radicalness, but a parabolic relationship was observed. ER -