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BIG PICTURE - The Perils of the Imitation Age - The law of unintended consequences strikes again: The more people and companies imitate each other, the more unpredictable the world becomes. Expect quirky ideas to morph into mass movements, market bubbles to expand faster, and big firms to copy each other into oblivion.

Bonabeau, Eric - In: Harvard business review : HBR (2004), pp. 45-57

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Swarm intelligence: A Whole New Way to Think About Business - What do ants and bees have to do with business? A great deal, it turns out. Companies such as Southwest Airlines and Unilever are borrowing a few ideas from nature to create self-organized, flexible work systems that can respond automatically to unforeseen circumstances or quickly changing competitive landscapes.

Bonabeau, Eric; Meyer, Christopher - In: Harvard business review : HBR 79 (2001) 5, pp. 106-115

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FRONTIERS - Don't Trust Your Gut

Bonabeau, Eric - In: Harvard business review : HBR (2003), pp. 116-131

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FRONTIERS - Predicting the Unpredictable - Why do employee bonuses sometimes lead to decreases in productivity? How could a simple clerical error snowball into a catastrophic loss that bankrupts an institution? Agent-based modeling technology is shedding light on these "emergent phenomena," and companies are beginning to understand - and even predict - what was once thought unpredictable.

Bonabeau, Eric - In: Harvard business review : HBR (2002), pp. 109-116

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A More Rational Approach to New-Product Development - By dividing development into two stages, companies can evaluate potential products much more quickly and cheaply than they do now. Eli Lilly shows you how.

Bonabeau, Eric; Bodick, Neil; Armstrong, Robert W. - In: Harvard business review : HBR (2008), pp. 96-108

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A more rational approach to new-product development

Bonabeau, Eric; Bodick, Neil; Armstrong, Robert W. - In: Harvard business review : HBR 86 (2008) 3, pp. 96-102

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