Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship · Radboud University Nijmegen

Stefan Breet: I study how workplace social networks shape innovation and entrepreneurship, and help organizations improve their own social networks and foster innovation.

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Research

Workplace Social Networks

I explore how an employee's position in organizational networks enables or constrains the generation and implementation of creative and innovative ideas.

Corporate Entrepreneurship

I study how organizations, teams and employees can become more entrepreneurial and innovative.

Necessary Condition Analysis

I develop and apply NCA, a statistical methodology for identifying necessary conditions in social science research, with a focus on strategy and entrepreneurship.

Latest

Upcoming lecture · Oct 12, 2026

People, Power, and Patterns

On organisational behaviour, the sources of power, team development, and situational leadership.

Latest lecture · Oct 12, 2026

Richting Geven en Grenzen Verleggen

On situational leadership and international business: globalisation versus localisation, glocalization, and Hofstede's cultural dimensions.

Latest publication · 2025

Change or stability? A meta-analysis of organizational responses to social and historical performance feedback

Meta-analysis of 74 studies: historical shortfalls trigger strategic change, while social shortfalls increase R&D investment and reinforce stability.

What research shows

Different types of feedback lead to different strategic outcomes.

When organizations perform worse than they did before (historical performance feedback), they are likely to choose strategic change. When organizations perform worse than their competitors (social performance feedback), they are likely to choose stability. In this way, the type of feedback shapes an organization’s strategic response.

Breet, Heugens & Nadolska (2025), European Management Journal

What you can do

Be aware of the type of feedback you use when you review your organization’s performance.

If you mainly compare your organization with your competitors, be aware that you are likely to seek stability when performance falls short. In that case, you may not initiate the strategic change your organization needs.