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This volume brings together researchers from a diverse array of
academic disciplines - including sociology, organization theory,
strategy and psychology - to address the question of what
organizations can do to better recognize novel ideas and support
their proponents in implementing those ideas. The contributors draw
from different theoretical perspectives and empirical papers use
both qualitative and/or quantitative methods in their analysis. All
contributions speak to a common set of phenomena at the
intersection of creativity, innovation, and social evaluation in a
variety of cultural fields. In the first section of the volume -
searching for novelty - the papers discuss different
conceptualizations of novelty and examine the conditions that
foster the creation of new ideas or product offerings. In the
second section of the volume - seeing novelty - the papers discuss
how novelty is evaluated and recognized both within and outside
organizations. Papers in the third and final section - sustaining
novelty - explore how these evaluations affect the support that
novelty receives in its journey to gain legitimacy. Setting an
agenda for a more holistic theory on the emergence, evaluation, and
legitimation of novelty, this volume showcases how novelty
generation, recognition, and legitimation correspond to distinct
phases of the journey of novelty, from the moment it makes its
appearance in the world to the moment it takes root and propagates.
This book contains an Open Access chapter Scholarship in management
and strategy is paying increasing attention to the domain of
aesthetics. Companies routinely make aesthetic choices and there is
growing recognition that aesthetic considerations are fundamental
for successful performance in competitive markets. Stylistically
sophisticated products may appeal to demanding customers, yielding
higher profit margins. Style and beauty can also be applied toward
enriching organizational cultures, informing leadership visions or
motivating employees to defy conventions in designing new products.
Aesthetics and Style in Strategy constitutes the first systematic
survey of the interface between the aesthetic and strategic
domains. Motivated by the rise of aestheticism in contemporary
culture, it lays the foundations for an "aesthetic" turn in
strategy, which interrogates the use of aesthetic features as a
source of competitive advantage and provides examples of connecting
design and engineering, style and technology. The "aesthetic turn"
is not simply about creating value, but about sharing value among
employees and infusing organizational activities with a purpose
that transcends principles of efficiency. Volume 42 of Advances in
Strategic Management documents the variety of ways in which the
useful and the beautiful can be brought together, making a valuable
contribution to the sustainability of business in the 21st century.
This volume is designed to renew, stimulate and facilitate
discussion about project-based organizations (PBOs) and how they
increasingly pervade business dimensions, from R&D and new
product development, to the production of complex capital goods and
implementation of organizational change across very different
industries such as management consulting, engineering or
entertainment. Contributors analyze PBOs as firms, units or
networks of firms set up to complete a specific assignment, as well
as address the evolution from traditional operations-driven project
management, to the strategic role of projects in delivering
innovation and organizational change, and the implications for
research and teaching. The volume brings together scholars with a
diverse theoretical background and using a wealth of methodological
approaches in studying PBOs. It focuses on theoretical frameworks
for understanding PBOs through different lenses, looks at learning
at the individual, team and organizational levels in temporary
organizational structures, investigates current issues related to
projects and networks, and identifies new areas for future
research.
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