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most citedDestructive Creation, Creative Destruction, and the Paradox of Innovation Science

8 citations · 8 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

cs.DL2026

Constructing BERT Models: How Team Dynamics and Focus Shape AI Model Impact

Likun Cao, Kai Li

The rapid evolution of AI technologies, exemplified by BERT-family models, has transformed scientific research, yet little is known about their production and recognition dynamics…

physics.soc-ph2025

Deep versus Broad Technology Search and the Timing of Innovation Impact

Likun Cao, James Evans

This study offers a new perspective on the depth-versus-breadth debate in innovation strategy, by modeling inventive search within dynamic collective knowledge systems, and undersc…

cs.CL2025

Subjective Perspectives within Learned Representations Predict High-Impact Innovation

Likun Cao, Rui Pan, James Evans

Existing studies of innovation emphasize the power of social structures to shape innovation capacity. Emerging machine learning approaches, however, enable us to model innovators'…

econ.EM2024

Modularity, Architectural Innovation, and New Venture Success

Likun Cao, Ziwen Chen, James Evans

Startups face a classic dilemma in innovation strategy: should they pursue cumulative, low-risk improvements or disruptive, high-risk breakthroughs? The Henderson and Clark framewo…

physics.soc-ph2022★ 8 cited

Destructive Creation, Creative Destruction, and the Paradox of Innovation Science

Likun Cao, Ziwen Chen, James Evans

Innovation or the creation and diffusion of new material, social and cultural things in society has been widely studied in sociology and across the social sciences, with investigat…