Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11165
Author(s): Cunha, M. P.
Rego, J.
Clegg, S.
Lindsay, G.
Date: 2015
Title: The dialectics of serendipity
Volume: 33
Number: 1
Pages: 9 - 18
ISSN: 0263-2373
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1016/j.emj.2014.11.001
Keywords: Serendipity
Honda effect
Doubt
Alternate templates
Dialectics
Abstract: 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.
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Embargoed Access
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