Organizations exist to create value that members could not create individually. They create value by harnessing the intellectual resources of their members to provide goods and services tailored to the needs of their clients. This paper investigates the tenets of the Intellectual Bandwidth (IB) model by exploring its use by a team of corporate managers. The results provide insight into the key concepts underlying the model and enable it to be revised. The analysis of the results suggest IB has definite boundaries. While further research is required to devise reliable measures of IB constructs, this paper’s contribution is in the “treasure map” that enables future research to focus on uncovering the relationships between value creation and Intellectual Bandwidth.
Sajda Qureshi, Robert O. Briggs