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Chan T. H., Mihm J., Sosa M. (2019). When Individuals Are More Innovative Than Teams Harvard Business Review Digital Articles
Research has found that teams generally outperform individuals when attempting to create impactful innovations such as highly cited technological patents or scientific publications. But a new study uncovers a factor that plays a key role in determining whether team outcomes will be superior to those of lone inventors: the structure of the invention, that is the extent to which the invention can be broken down into separate components or “modules”.