RISC - research program / Rare Incidents, Strong Consequences

Creativity and radical breakthroughs in Science

author: Rogers Hollingsworth, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Top: Science

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*Slides*
0:00	CREATIVITY AND RADICAL BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCE
7:12	Factors at Multiple Levels Influencing Major Discoveries
9:04	Definition of a Major Discovery
12:11	Indicators of Major Discoveries
16:11	What qualities of an organization facilitate making major discoveries?
24:16	What qualities of an organization hamper the making of major discoveries?
25:00	Weak Institutional Environments
28:28	Strong Institutional Environments
30:24	The Impact of Communication and Cognitive Distance on Making Major Discoveries in Biomedical Science
31:36	Emergence and Decline of Major Discoveries in a Problem Area Given a Particular Research Technology
35:27	Rise and Decline of Major Discoveries in Multiple Problem Areas in a Single Organization
37:59	What qualities of an organization facilitate making major discoveries?
56:20	Historical Growth of Investments in Science
59:51	Diminishing Returns to Scientific Effort to Make Major Breakthroughs
64:10	Ellen Jane Hollingsworth and David Gear made enormous contributions for this presentation
65:41	- Questions
95:11	- Questions

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