Towards a theory of serendipity: A systematic review and conceptualization

C Busch - Journal of Management Studies, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Serendipity–the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries–plays a major role in
the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the …

Serendipity in management studies: a literature review and future research directions

M Balzano - Management Decision, 2022 - emerald.com
Serendipity in management studies: a literature review and future research directions | Emerald
Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us …

Different response paths to organizational resilience

DA Shepherd, TA Williams - Small Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
An essential yet understudied aspect of organizational responses to an environmental shock
is how managers interpret and respond to their new environments and address post-shock …

Planned luck: How incubators can facilitate serendipity for nascent entrepreneurs through fostering network embeddedness

C Busch, H Barkema - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Incubators often play an important role in facilitating networks for entrepreneurs. However,
nascent entrepreneurs typically face high uncertainty and goal ambiguity, and which ties …

[HTML][HTML] Serendipity: Towards a taxonomy and a theory

O Yaqub - Research Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Serendipity, the notion of researchers making unexpected and beneficial discoveries, has
played an important role in debates about the feasibility and desirability of targeting public …

Collaboration, physical proximity and serendipitous encounters: Avoiding collaboration in a collaborative building

GL Irving, OB Ayoko, NM Ashkanasy - Organization Studies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the adoption of collaborative buildings and office spaces to improve collaboration,
the expected benefits of spatial interventions often fail to materialize. In a study of an …

Critical essay: Wicked problems in the age of uncertainty

K Grint - Human Relations, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We are, apparently, living in unprecedented times, an Age of Uncertainty, when wicked
problems whirl all around as we struggle to cope with Covid-19, environmental catastrophe …

A sociology of luck

M Sauder - Sociological Theory, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Sociology has been curiously silent about the concept of luck. The present article argues
that this omission is, in fact, an oversight: An explicit and systematic engagement with luck …

How do investors evaluate past entrepreneurial failure? Unpacking failure due to lack of skill versus bad luck

D Zunino, G Dushnitsky… - Academy of Management …, 2022 - journals.aom.org
Research has shown that most ventures fail, yet there has been limited work on investors'
views of entrepreneurs who have failed in the past. We address this gap and call attention to …

How to prevent leadership hubris? Comparing competitive selections, lotteries, and their combination

J Berger, M Osterloh, K Rost, T Ehrmann - The Leadership Quarterly, 2020 - Elsevier
Hubris is a tendency of leaders to hold an overly confident view of their own capabilities and
to abuse power for their own selfish goals, sometimes with disastrous consequences for …