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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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STRATEGY - Understanding and Managing Complexity Risk - Increased complexity of a company's systems -- Products, processes, technologies, organizational structures, legal contracts and so on -- Can create dangerous vulnerabilities. Three complementary strategies can help mitigate the risk.

Bonabeau, Eric - In: MIT sloan management review 48 (2007) 4, pp. 62-68

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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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DECIDING: TAP THE CROWD - Decisions 2.0: The Power of Collective Intelligence - Information markets, wikis and other applications that tap into the collective intelligence of groups have recently generated tremendous interest. But what's the reality behind the hype?

Bonabeau, Eric - In: MIT sloan management review 50 (2009) 2, pp. 45-52

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Schwarm-Intelligenz: Unternehmen lernen von Bienen und Ameisen - Schwärme von Insekten zeigen oft ein erstaunlich kluges Gruppenverhalten, obwohl die einzelnen Tiere gewiss keinen nennenswerten Intelligenzquotienten besitzen. Forscher haben diese Verhaltensmuster untersucht und sehen in ihnen Vorbilder für betriebliche Lösungen. Die Nutzungsmöglichkeiten reichen von der Logistik bis hin zur ...

Bonabeau, Eric; Meyer, Christopher - In: Harvard-Business-Manager : das Wissen der Besten 23 (2001) 6, pp. 38-49

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