Serendipity as a Mechanism of Change and its Potential for Explaining Change Processes

Ursula Weisenfeld ()
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Ursula Weisenfeld: Institute of Corporate Development, Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Campus, 21391 Lueneburg, Germany

management revue. Socio-economic Studies, 2009, vol. 20, issue 2, 138-148

Abstract: Serendipity plays an important role in science and technology development. This article investigates serendipity as a potential mechanism of change in management areas such as technology management, strategy and organization. The mechanism will be described and conditions that support or hinder the mechanism will be discussed.

Keywords: mechanisms of change; serendipity; organizational change; strategic change; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 L21 L26 M10 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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