Trials
A scientific approach to entrepreneurial experimentation: evidence from a randomised controlled trial
Does a scientific approach to business experimentation affect startups' performance? What is the effect of extending the use of a scientific approach on team validation?
The Impact of Intellectual Property Protection on Firm Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial
To what extent does patent protection change product market outcomes?
The granting of patent rights is a central public policy tool to incentivise innovation, but the incentive that patents offer works indirectly. Rather than directly subsidising R&D costs (as in other mechanisms, such as tax credits), or attempting to make up for any differences between the public and private incentives to research, patents provide incentive through product market protection.
Corporate Nudging & Intrapreneurship
Can subtle non-monetary nudges be used to influence intrapreneurial behaviour in a large corporation?
Intrapreneurship, or bottom-up entrepreneurial activities by employees from existing firms, can be an important source of innovation and organisational growth. Management of intrapreneurship, however, is highly complex as it is typically considered discretionary behaviour and is generally not formalised in job descriptions. Innovation competitions is one way to stimulate this type of behaviour within firms
A Randomised Control Trial to Identify the Effect of Tech Incubators on Startups
Is there an effect of incubator spaces on the survival of startups and their economic performance? And if so, why?
From our blog
As we embark on a series of blogs on (innovation) vouchers, here's some useful reading to get you started!
If they want to have an impact, innovation mappers need to be more bee-like in their work, laboriously collecting facts and connecting them...
What effect do entrepreneurship programmes have in developing countries? Researchers from Bocconi University discuss the impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica.
Our partners
IGL is an international initiative led by Nesta in partnership with several public and private organisations around the world.
Our research network
The IGL Research Network includes researchers from around the world working on randomised trials related to innovation, high-growth entrepreneurship and growth.
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Arnaldo CamuffoBocconi University -
Adriana CamachoUniversidad de los Andes -
Marco KleineMax Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition -
Karim LakhaniHarvard University
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Ferran GionesUniversity of Southern Denmark -
Daniel OrtegaCAF -
Subrat RoutCrosslinks Foundation -
Diego UbfalBocconi University
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Alessandro CordovaBocconi University -
Max NathanLSE, NIESR -
Linda HickmanLSE -
Albert Bravo-BioscaNesta
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Yael HochbergRice University -
Casper JørgensenThe Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship -
Juan Mateos-GarciaNesta -
Michael LeatherbeePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile