This paper summarizes findings of a research project on business innovation. It contrasts two forms of innovation--those of 'internal process' and 'external jolt'. We propose that their deployment depends on how managers responsible for business innovation in large firms feel about, and sense...

L'orientation vers le service, y compris pour les firmes dites industrielles, est aujourd'hui une stratégie fréquemment affichée dans les organisations. L'idée qu'une telle orientation doit se traduire par de nouvelles formes d'organisation, plus débureaucratisées, a été largement...

In this paper, I argue that metaphor is a useful tool in advancing scientific understanding because of its aesthetic characteristics. My argument is grounded on the transition from ‘gene’ to ‘genetic program’ in scientific development. I propose that metaphor provides language with the...

This article presents a response from the authors regarding commentary on their research regarding value constellation. The authors are of the opinion that the view of commentators is evidence of how constraining old paradigms can be, and suggest that people have difficulty in accepting three...

Uncertainty is a precondition for our choices to have meaning, but we like to think we have adaptive capacities to deal with the surprises and opportunities uncertainty entails. The turbulent field was defined in 1965 by Emery and Trist as the most uncertain causal texture a system could be in,...