Markus Baer

Markus Baer

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Prior to earning his doctorate, Professor Baer worked in the German automotive industry and was a member of the founding team of a university-affiliated start-up venture. His expertise lies in the areas of creativity and innovation.

Area of Expertise

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Leadership Development, Motivation, Innovation and Growth, Diversity, Organizational Change and Development, Team Development

Education

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• Ph D 2007, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• MA 2000, University of Giessen, Germany

Academic/Professional Activities

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• Editor, Editor of Special Issue, Journal of Product Innovation Management
• Editorial Review Board Member, Academy of Management Journal
• Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Product Innovation Management
• Editor, Associate Editor, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Awards/Honors

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• Research Fellow, Judge Business School, Cambridge University, 2024
• Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, 2015
• Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2014
• Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2013
• Undergraduate Reid Teaching Award, 2012
• World's 40 Best Business School Professors Under 40 , Poets & Quants, 2011

Research Interests

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The determinants of the various activities (i.e., problem formulation, idea generation, idea evaluation, solution implementation) comprising creativity and innovation in organizations.

Personal Interests

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Professor Baer enjoys hiking in impassable places, doing bootcamp in the St. Louis fall, and following European Soccer (except for teams that José Mourinho coaches).

Selected Publications

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• "Zoning out or breaking through? Linking daydreaming to creativity in the workplace", Academy of Management Journal, 1553-1577, with Erik Dane, Hector Madrid, 2021
• "Discerning creativity: A group process perspective on idea selection", Innovation, Issue 3, 387-400, with Haoyue Zhang, 2024
• "Fueling innovation management research: Future directions and five forward-looking paths", Journal of Product Innovation Management, with Jelena Spanjol, Charles Noble, 2024
• "Group flow: A theory of group member interactions in the moment and over time", Academy of Management Review, with Raymond Lavoie, Elizabeth Rouse, 2024
• "A recipe for success? Sustaining creativity among first-time creative producers", Journal of Applied Psychology, 100-113, with Dirk Deichmann, 2023
• "Getting to the root of things: The role of epistemic motivation and construal levels in strategic problem formulation", Strategy Science, Issue 4, 284-299, with Chan Hyung Park, 2022
• "CEOs’ regulatory focus and risk-taking when firms perform below and above the bar", Journal of Management, Issue 7, 1980-2008, with Matthew Mount, 2022
• "Quantum leaps or baby steps? Expertise distance, construal level, and the propensity to invest in novel technological ideas", Strategic Management Journal, 1490-1515, with M. P. Mount, M. J. Lupoli, 2021