Understanding Novelty in Organizations A Research Path Across Agency
Providing a first tentative understanding of novelty and a set of implications for organizations to manage it, this book focuses on the potential offered by emergent novelty, namely novelty which is neither designed nor pursued. The author asks how organi
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UNDERSTANDING NOVELTY IN ORGANIZATIONS A Research Path Across Agency and Consequences
Understanding Novelty in Organizations
Maria Laura Frigotto
Understanding Novelty in Organizations A Research Path Across Agency and Consequences
Maria Laura Frigotto University of Trento Trento, Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-56095-3 ISBN 978-3-319-56096-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56096-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017937469 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
If more knowledge is the answer, what is the question?
This book is dedicated to G., who taught me the method, To R., who taught me discipline, To J., who inspired me to be passionate for knowledge.
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to a long list of scholars, colleagues, friends and family who have helped me develop research and ideas. I would like to thank them and give them credit in this very first page. Any mistake that is written remains my own. I want to express my gratitude to Loris Gaio, Royston Greenwood, John Padgett, Woody Powell, Alessandro Narduzzo, Davide Panizzolo, Massimo Riccaboni, Sandro Trento, and Marco Zamarian for conversations and comments that shaped this work. I give credit to Alessandro Rossi for drawing my attention to the label of the “unknown unknowns”. I especially wish to thank Paolo Collini for his gentle advice and useful suggestions, Enrico Zaninotto for his encouraging comments on the first drafted table of contents, Anna Grandori for a dedicated discussion on the drafted project of this book, Guido Fioretti for his suggestions on figures, and Ludovic
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