Markus Perkmann
Imperial College, London
Markus Perkmann is Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and academic director of the Imperial Enterprise Lab. He is interested in themes including hybrid organizations, science and employee entrepreneurship and university-industry collaboration, and his research has appeared in journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Research Policy. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University.
JOURNEYS: Session 3
Who gets admitted? The gatekeeper effect in peer accreditation
In accreditation, candidates are evaluated against a standard for being admitted to a closed category, such as a profession or an organizational grouping. Accreditors typically have to simultaneously judge a candidate’s performance record and fit with the category. While prior work suggests that higher performing candidates may get away with lower fit, we argue conversely […]