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A Chaotic Model of Innovative Search: Some Answers, Many Questions
Abstract
The dynamics of innovative search are investigated. A formal learning model is explicated to understand (1) how attention is allocated and (2) how attention and ideas are related during an active search. A particular chaotic regime of the model is shown to have dynamics similar to an actual search process. This motivates an agenda for research along three primary directions: refinements to the model, extensions that link the model to actions and decisions, and surroundings required to embed such a model in a larger context. The findings here suggest that chaos can occur in specific organizational processes over particular periods of time. Whether such chaos is beneficial to organizations is unclear.
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- Authors
- Koput, K. W.
- Venue
- Organization Science
- Published
- 1997-10
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 528-542
- ISSN
- 1047-7039 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-5455
- OpenAlex
- W2046715631
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 36
- FWCI
- 3.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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