Episode 45: Why some teams succeed fast but fail slow, with Professor Louise Mors, Copenhagen Business School
In a recent paper published in the journal Research Policy, Professor Louise Mors of Copenhagen Business School, together with Professor David Waguespack of the University of Maryland explore the collaboration process undertaken by research teams. In particular they consider situations where teams are geographically dispersed and the challenges of coordination they face. A key, intriguing finding: dispersed teams tend to succeed fast, but fail slow! Louise Mors is a Professor of Strategic and International Management at the Copenhagen Business School and has also been on the faculty at the London Business School. She has a PhD from INSEAD in France and was a post-doc at the Sloan School at MIT. With a focus on large, global firms, Professor Mors' research examines the relationship between senior managers’ informal networks, organization design and performance. Recently her work has also examined the role of female directors on corporate boards. Professor Mors’ work has been published in the top strategy and management journals, such as the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science and the Academy of Management Journal. You can find out more about Louise’s research into teams here: https://hbr.org/2021/05/research-dispersed-teams-succeed-fast-fail-slow And on her CBS page: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-strategy-and-innovation/staff/lmsi