Robert Edgell

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Professor of Technology Management

100 Seymour Road

Utica, NY NY 13502

United States

University of St. Gallen

Former PhD Student

Varnbuelstr. 14

Saint Gallen, St. Gallen CH-9000

Switzerland

Columbia University - Columbia Business School

Former MBA Student

3022 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Ideas:
“  Our research initiative further develops the sociotechnical theories and practices by which collectives assemble and mobilize to tackle society’s most pressing and intractable creative challenges, ranging from grand opportunities such as the commercialization of interplanetary space to wicked problems including intensifying climate change. We theorize that entrepreneurial acumen may be transformed into a socially beneficial creative change capacity for these challenges through the interdisciplinary synthesis of ontologies from the humanities and design thinking. Our work contributes theory development and testing of the microprocesses and institutional arrangements that enable social creativity capacity as a collective means for conceptualizing and implementing solutions. Those who research, practice, and make policy for social change should find our observations, reflections, and analysis useful.  ”

Scholarly Papers (30)

1.

A Theory of Innovation: Benefit, Harm, and Legal Regimes

Edgell, Robert A. & Vogl, R. (2013). A theory of innovation: Benefit, harm, and legal regimes. Law, Innovation and Technology, 5(1), 21-53
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Oct 2014
Robert Edgell and Roland Vogl
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Stanford Law School
Downloads 693 (81,645)
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Change; corporate governance; creativity; discourse; ethics; harm;, information asymmetries; innovation models; innovation; institutional theory; legal liability; separation thesis; social responsibility; transparency

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Corporate Governance and Media: Supervisory Boards in Media Firms

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell, Balazs Harasta, Roland Pfyl and Yingzi Xu
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Deutsche Bank AG, Finanzkontrolle Kanton Schwyz and Shanghai Theatre Academy
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Corporate Governance, Media Industry, Supervisory Boards, Media Firms

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A Concise Guide to Academic Integrity and Citations (10th ed.)

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2024
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Citations, references, integrity

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A New View on Innovation and Language: Design Culture, Discursive Practices, and Metaphors

Edgell, R. A., & Kimmich, P. (2015). A new view on innovation and language: Design culture, discursive practices, and metaphors. Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation, 1, 107-128.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Robert Edgell and Peter Kimmich
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and GDF SUEZ Energy Latin America
Downloads 230 (287,668)
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Change, design, creativity, innovation, architecture, Architect, buildings, communities, deconstruction, interpretive, narrative, power, reflexive, subcultures, communication, discourse, discursive practices, information, knowledge, transparency.

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Toward an Architectural Theory of Innovation: Explicating Design, Networks, and Microprocesses

Edgell, R. A., & Moustafellos, J. (2017). Toward an architectural theory of innovation: Explicating design, networks, and microprocesses. Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation, 3, 5-34.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Mar 2017
Robert Edgell and James Moustafellos
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Independent
Downloads 201 (327,004)
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Abductive reasoning; Architects; boundary devices; change; creativity; design culture; divergent thinking; figure-ground; governance; innovation; institutional theory; interpretive microprocesses; network ensembles; paradox

6.

Framework for Sustainable and Affordable Housing

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 171 (378,755)
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Sustainability, Affordability, Sociocultural Trends, Climate Change, Emerging Technologies

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A Research Methodology Analysis: Creativity and Management in the Media Industry

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 125 (490,370)

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Media, Conflict, Cooperation, Creativity, Innovation, Teams, Corporate Governance, Methods

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A Network View of Human Ingestion and Health: Instrumental Artificial Intelligence

AI AND SMARTER LIVING, B. Johnston, M.A. Williams, eds., AAAI Press, 2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 20 Jul 2011
Robert Edgell and Roland Vogl
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Stanford Law School
Downloads 117 (515,917)
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artificial intelligence, health, well being, dietary choices, ingestion substances, information, networks, ingestion decision management, informational constituencies, policy

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Greenhouses and Glass Tree Houses: Women in Media

Ink Reader, Vol. Winter/Spring, February 2006
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 114 (526,200)

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Women, media, glass ceiling, challenges

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Developing Nations and Sustainable Entrepreneurial Policy: Growing Into Novelty, Growing Out of Poverty

Edgell, Robert A. (2013). Developing nations and sustainable entrepreneurial policy: Growing into novelty, growing out of poverty. Journal of Applied Business Research, 2(1), 20-36
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Oct 2014
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 98 (587,339)
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Change; institutional theory; creativity; innovation; personality; divergent thinking; discourse; discursive; policy; entrepreneurship; social skill; social economic status (SES); parenting; communal networks; economic systems; political systems.

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The Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Contemporary Commercial Space: Explicating Homo Galacticus, Techno-Utopianism, and Capitalistkind

Edgell, R. A., and Olney, J. P. (2023). The sociotechnical imaginaries of contemporary commercial space: Explicating Homo Galacticus, Techno-Utopianism, and Capitalistkind. AIAA SciTech Forum, 2023(1), 1-24. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2023-2396
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Jan 2023
Robert Edgell and Jeffrey Olney
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Oregon Health and Science University
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equitability, instrumentality, NASA, new space, outer space, sovereignty

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Reimagining Entrepreneurship: Design Culture Exposure as a Positive Mediator for Entrepreneurial Capacity

Edgell, R. A.. Khasawneh, F., & Moustafellos, J. (2018). Reimagining entrepreneurship: Design culture exposure as a positive mediator for entrepreneurial capacity. Journal of Creativity and Business Innovation, 4, 60-77.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2018
Robert Edgell, Firas Khasawneh and James Moustafellos
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Michigan State University - Department of Mechanical Engineering and Independent
Downloads 88 (628,625)
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Civic Engagement, Collaboration, Culture, Design, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Immersion, Innovation, Leadership, Mental Rotations, Networks, Self-Efficacy, Vision, Visuo-Spatial

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Language and Design: Discourse among Subcultures in the Field of Architecture

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2014
Robert Edgell and Peter Kimmich
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and GDF SUEZ Energy Latin America
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Change; design; creativity; innovation; Architecture; buildings, communites, deconstruction; interpretive; narrative; power; reflexive; subcultures; communication; discourse; information; knowledge; transparency

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Interplanetary Institutionalization: Should Humans Become Space Faring?

Edgell, R., Olney, J. (2021). Interplanetary institutionalization: Should humans become space faring? Academia Letters, Article 531.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 May 2021
Robert Edgell and Jeffrey Olney
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Oregon Health and Science University
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Commercialization, economic systems, entrepreneurship, institutional theory, new space, outer space policy

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Profitable Marketing and Branding in the Digital Economy

AMA Seminars, New York, NY.
Number of pages: 210 Posted: 19 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2020
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Digital Economy Trends, Digital Marketing Process, Positioning and Digital Selling Proposition, Digital Strategy, Metrics in the Digital Economy—ROI and How to Calculate Profitability, uilding a Digital Knowledge Infrastructure

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Unlocking Hidden Intellectual Property Value: Do Copyrights Encourage Innovation in the Digital Age?

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell and Yingzi Xu
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Shanghai Theatre Academy
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IP, intellectual property, copyrights, innovation, digital age

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The Grand Creative Challenge of Commercializing Interplanetary Space: An Empirical Comparative Taxonomy of Organizing Models

Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2024(1)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Dec 2024
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 73 (700,963)
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Economy, interplanetary space, pragmatism, public-private partnerships, rationalism, space development

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Online Course Design: Leading Highly Creative Organizations (HCOs)

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 May 2011
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 66 (740,600)
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creativity, social transformation, social innovation, sustainability, organizations, course design, syllabus, curriculum

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Institutionalizing Outer Space: A Sociotechnical Explication of the Comsat-Intelsat Actor-Network

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 May 2023
Robert Edgell and Jeffrey Olney
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Oregon Health and Science University
Downloads 60 (778,247)

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Actor network theory; change; commercialization; Comsat; discourse; discursive practices; economic systems; entrepreneurship; FCC; innovation; institutional theory; Institutional work; Intelsat; narrative; NASA; new space; outer space; policy; political systems; satellites; sociotechnological; techn

20.

Design Culture, Immersion, and Visuo-Spatial Learning: Re-Envisioning Training

Berardino, L., Edgell, R. A., Fronmueller, M., Olney, J., Peterson, D., & Zeina, E. (2019). Design culture, immersion, and visuo-spatial learning: Re-envisioning training. Business Education Innovation Journal, 11(2), 110-118.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Feb 2020
State University of New York (SUNY) - SUNY Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Oregon Health and Science University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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transfer of training, revisioning training, design culture, design thinking, training models, self-efficacy, transformation

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Theorizing Creative Challenges: Why Are Social Creativity and Reimagined Universities Necessary for Tackling Society’s Problems?

Edgell, R. A., and Lee, D. (2023). Theorizing creative challenges: Why are social creativity and reimagined universities necessary for tackling society’s problems? Journal of Creativity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2023.100051
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Apr 2023
Robert Edgell and Daryl Lee
SUNY Polytechnic Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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design thinking, education, grand challenges, interdisciplinarity, social creativity, wicked problems

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Grand challenges: The theoretics of discursive engagement, socio-temporal dilemmas, and impact

Edgell, R.A. (2022) Grand challenges: The theoretics of discursive engagement, socio-temporal dilemmas, and impact. Academia Letters, Article 5164. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL5164
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 May 2022
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Controversies, dialectical narratives, discourse, discursive practices, networks, organizations

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Explicating Media, Governance, and Capitalism: A Critical Comparative Analysis of Historical Cases

Edgell, Robert A., Watson, D., Harasta, B., Pfyl, R., & Xu, Y. (2015). Explicating media, governance, and capitalism: A critical comparative analysis of historical cases. Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition, 11(1), 30-46.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 May 2018
SUNY Polytechnic Institute, State University of New York (SUNY) - SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Deutsche Bank AG, Finanzkontrolle Kanton Schwyz and Shanghai Theatre Academy
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Media, Historical Cases, Corporate Governance

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The Effects of 'Variduction', 'Coflict', and Congruence on Knowledge Creation

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Creativity, Conflict, Cooperation, Teams, Management

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A Sociotechnological Theory of Discursive Change and Entrepreneurial Capacity: Novelty and Networks

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Apr 2018
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 43 (910,580)
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Change; Institutional Theory; Creativity; Innovation; Abductive Reasoning; Personality; Divergent Thinking; Discourse; Technology; Actor Network Theory; Sociotechnological; Technology; Discursive; Policy; Entrepreneurship; Social Skill; Social Economic Status (SES); Parenting; Communal Networks

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Conceptualizing Factors of Adoption for Head Mounted Displays: Toward an Integrated Multi- Perspective Framework

Edgell, Robert A. and Yucel, I. (2015). Conceptualizing factors of adoption for head mounted displays: Toward an integrated multi-perspective framework. Journal of Virtual World Research, 8(2), 1-10.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 May 2018
Ibrahim Halil Yucel and Robert Edgell
State University of New York (SUNY) - SUNY Polytechnic Institute and SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Sociotechnical Pathways: From Satellites and Stations to Envisioning Commercial Lunar Gateways and Beyond

AIAA SciTech Forum, 2025(1)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jan 2025
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Sociotechnical Transitions, Space Commercialization, Multi-Level Perspective (MLP), Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Lunar Settlements, Interplanetary Economy

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A Monstrous Matter: The Three Faces of Artificial (Intelligence) Creativity

Journal of Creativity, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2024, 100075, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2024.100075.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 10 Feb 2024
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Downloads 27 (1,076,847)
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Artificial intelligence; Creativity; Matters of concern; Trust; Creative value; Creative personal identity

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A Transition-Centric Meta-Framework for Selecting Multi-Criteria Decision Applications in Sustainability Challenges

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 May 2025
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Sociotechnical Transition Pathways, Matters of Concern (MoCs), Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), Meta-Framework, Robust Multi-Scenario Decision Analysis (RMSDA)

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Creativity and Management in the Media Industry: Empirical Analysis of North American Independent Magazines

University of St. Gallen Dissertation No. 3333
Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Robert Edgell
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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Innovation Creativity, Media Publishing, Media-Analyse, Business Manager, Communication, Conflict, Cooperation, Creative Actors Creative Process, Creative Professional, Creativity, Diversity, Group Behavior, Innovation, Interdisciplinary, Management, Media Industry, Media Teams