The dialectics of serendipity

Pina e Cunha, M; Rego, A; Clegg, S; Lindsay, G

The dialectics of serendipity

Pina e Cunha, M Rego, A Clegg, S

Lindsay, G

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Citation:: European Management Journal, 2015, 33 (1), pp. 9 - 18
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pina e Cunha, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Rego, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Clegg, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6083-4283	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lindsay, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	European Management Journal, 2015, 33 (1), pp. 9 - 18	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0263-2373	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33996
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Serendipity in organizations has often been perceived as a mysterious occurrence. We approach the process of serendipity via reconsideration of Honda's entry into the US market using an alternate templates analysis, showing that serendipity can be conceptually interpreted as the synthesis of preparation and openness to novelty, articulated through generative doubt. In this sense, it can be thought of as a dialectical process that thrives through the creative synthesis of the existing and the new. It is a practical accomplishment rather than an organizational form of mystery.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	European Management Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.emj.2014.11.001	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	The dialectics of serendipity	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. Serendipity in organizations has often been perceived as a mysterious occurrence. We approach the process of serendipity via reconsideration of Honda's entry into the US market using an alternate templates analysis, showing that serendipity can be conceptually interpreted as the synthesis of preparation and openness to novelty, articulated through generative doubt. In this sense, it can be thought of as a dialectical process that thrives through the creative synthesis of the existing and the new. It is a practical accomplishment rather than an organizational form of mystery.

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