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Serendipity Arrangements for Exapting Science-Based Innovations

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  • Raghu Garud

    (EM - EMLyon Business School)

  • Joel Gehman
  • Antonio Paco Giuliani

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Extant literature draws attention to the importance of science-push, demand-pull, and institutional-steering as mechanisms driving science-based innovations. We contribute to this literature by highlighting exaptation, which refers to the cooptation of existing traits for new functions. When applied to science-based innovations, exaptation refers to the emergence of functionalities for scientific discoveries that were unanticipated ex ante. We explore how exaptation can be induced through narrative properties (relationality, temporality, and performativity), and how serendipity arrangements such as exaptive pools, exaptive events, and exaptive forums can be structured to maintain, activate and contextualize scientific discoveries. We close the paper by discussing the implications of exaptation for academia, industry, and policy.

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  • Raghu Garud & Joel Gehman & Antonio Paco Giuliani, 2018. "Serendipity Arrangements for Exapting Science-Based Innovations," Post-Print hal-02570931, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02570931
    DOI: 10.5465/amp.2016.0138
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    1. Wareham, Jonathan & Pujol Priego, Laia & Romasanta, Angelo Kenneth & Mathiassen, Thomas Wareham & Nordberg, Markus & Tello, Pablo Garcia, 2022. "Systematizing serendipity for big science infrastructures: The ATTRACT project," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
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