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An Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Core Concepts, Latest Developments, and Practical Applications

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:40:40 +0200

This workshop teaches you how you can use Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to identify essential factors for organizational success.

Necessary Conditions for Team Creativity: Composition and Competence

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:09:40 +1100

This study investigates the necessary conditions for team creativity, focusing on team size, team network, and team members’ expertise in the context of R&D.

Bottleneck or Not? The Ceiling Effect of Network Closure on Individual Innovative Performance

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:03:45 +1100

A presentation of a study showing that closed networks serve as social straitjackets that prevent employees from achieving high levels of innovative performance.

JBR Special Issue Paper Development Workshop

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:26:13 +0200

This paper development workshop is designed for researchers interested in submitting their work to the upcoming special issue on NCA in strategy, innovation, and entrepeneurship research that will be published in the Journal of Business Research.

An Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Core Concepts and Latest Developments

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 11:48:41 +0200

This workshop teaches you how you can use Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to identify essential factors for organizational success.

Bottleneck or Not? The Ceiling Effect of Network Closure on Individual Innovative Performance

Wed, 22 May 2024 16:55:00 +0200

A presentation of a study showing that closed networks serve as social straitjackets that prevent employees from achieving high levels of innovative performance.

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Core Concepts and Latest Developments

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:59:12 +0200

In this workshop, you will learn about the core concepts of Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and the latest developments of this increasingly popular research method.

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Upcoming Events and Important Deadlines

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0200

An overview of three upcoming events and deadlines related to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA).

Call for Papers: Using Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) to Advance Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Research

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:57:49 +0100

We invite papers for a virtual special issue in the Journal of Business Research.

Rising Standards

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:45:05 +0100

The NCA Paper Development Workshop shows that quality standards are on the rise.

NCA Paper Development Workshop 2023

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:49:06 +0200

An online workshop that helps researchers develop scientific papers that use Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA).

Finalist of the 2023 Research Methods Division PDW Award

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:04:14 +0100

Our Necessary Condition Analysis Professional Development Workshop was selected as one of the three best workshop award finalists at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023.

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Logic, Theory, Methodology, and Publications

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:59:56 +0200

In this workshop you will learn how to conduct Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) and how to publish with NCA.

Announcing the Necessary Condition Analysis Summer Course 2023

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:06:31 +0100

The first Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) summer course is designed for researchers and students who are interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Necessary Condition Analysis and its application.

NCA Paper Development Workshop 2022

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0200

The NCA Development team is organizing the 2nd Annual Paper Development Workshop in October this year. The goal of the annual Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Paper Development Workshop is to help scholars who use NCA in their research to write a convincing paper that makes a valuable contribution to the literature. The paper development workshop is one of the many events organized by the NCA Development Team. If you are looking for a more hands-on workshop or webinar on the application of NCA, please have a look at our Events and Training page.

A Network Perspective on Corporate Entrepreneurship

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This dissertation develops and tests a network perspective on corporate entrepreneurship.

The first NCA paper development workshop

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 14:53:02 +0200

A summary of the first Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) paper development workshop that took place on October 14, 2021.

NCA Paper Development Workshop 2021

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +0200

The Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Paper Development Workshop helps scholars write convincing NCA papers.

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Logic, Theory, Methodology, and New Applications

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0200

Workshop Description

In this workshop you will learn how to conduct Necessary Condition Analysis. This emerging method was recently published in the journal Organizational Research Methods (2016, 2018) and in the Sage book “Conducting Necessary Condition Analysis” (2020). NCA is now used in many fields including Strategy, OB, HRM, Operations, and Entrepreneurship and International Management.

NCA understands cause-effect relations as “necessary but not sufficient” and not as additive and average logic that is used in regression analysis. “Necessary” means that an outcome will not occur without the right level of the condition, independently of the rest of the causal structure (thus the condition can be a “bottleneck”, “critical factor”, “constraint”).

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:45:00 +0100

In this study we show that employees can only be highly innovative if they develop and maintain open workplace social networks.

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Logic, Theory, Methodology, and New Applications

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:45:00 +0200

A professional development workshop about the logic, theory, methodology, and application of Necessary Condition Analysis.

An Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis for Social Network Research

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0200

This workshop will provide an introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). NCA can be used to test whether a condition (X) is necessary but not sufficient for an outcome (Y). It provides a new perspective on existing phenomena and is complementary to the regression-based modeling that we usually apply. When a condition is necessary for an outcome, the outcome does not exist without the condition. The condition serves as a “bottleneck”, “critical factor”, or “constraint”. This resonates with the social networks literature in which the limitations of certain relationships or network positions are often considered. NCA allows us to quantify those limitations and to answer questions like “is a brokerage position necessary for creativity?”, “is a closed network position necessary for trust?”, and “are positive ties necessary for a person’s wellbeing?”. This interactive workshop will teach participants the logic and importance of necessary conditions, illustrated with examples form different fields. We will also compare NCA to other methods, such as regression analysis. The workshop will help participants to become the first users of NCA in their field, with hands-on instructions about how to build necessity theories, and how to analyze data for testing such theories using the NCA R software.

An Introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) for Strategic Management Research

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:00:00 -0600

This workshop provides an introduction to Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) for strategic management research

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0100

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:30:00 +1000

I presented my working paper on brokerage and innovative performance to the Discipline of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship of the University of Sydney Business School"

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Logic, Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:45:00 -0400

A professional development workshop about the logic, theory, methodology, and application of Necessary Condition Analysis.

Is High Innovative Performance without Brokerage Possible? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:30:00 -0400

To kick-off my research visit to the University of Kentucky, I presented a working paper at the Department of Management’s weekly colloquium. I very much appreciate the supportive nature of the comments and the questions I received. I want to thank everybody who participated for their feedback!

Description

It is a well-established notion that the network positions of employees can constrain or stimulate the generation of novel ideas. The social network literature traditionally distinguishes between brokerage and closure, thereby positing that closed network positions serve as straitjackets that limit the ability of employees to identify and pursue promising opportunities. More recent studies challenge this claim and argue that employees can compensate for the potential drawbacks of closed networks when their personal characteristics match their social environment. A question that has remain unanswered, however, is whether employees can fully compensate for a lack of brokerage or if they can only do so up to the maximum degree associated with their network position.

Do You Need to Be a Broker to Be Innovative? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:00:00 +0100

I gave a virtual presentation to the Social Network Analysis Discussion Group of the University of Saskatchewan on brokerage, innovative performance and necessary condition analysis

Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA): Logic, Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:45:00 -0500

A professional development workshop about the logic, theory, methodology, and application of Necessary Condition Analysis

Is Brokerage Necessary for Innovative Performance? A Necessary Condition Analysis

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:20:00 +0100

On Saturday June 30 I presented one of my working papers on workplace social networks and innovative behavior during Sunbelt 2018. In this paper—which I’m writing together with professors Jan Dul, Justin Jansen and Lotte Glaser—We examine whether high levels of innovative behavior can only be achieved if an employee has a relatively open network in which many of his contacts are not directly connected themselves.

Co-Authors: Professor Justin Jansen, Professor Jan Dul, & Professor Lotte Glaser.

Master Thesis in Strategic Entrepreneurship

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:00:00 +0100

Students of the Master of Science (MSc) in Strategic Entpreneurship at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University learn to design and conduct a scientific research project in which they identify the necessary conditions for corporate entrepreneurship.