2235: Serendipity in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (10101)

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

13:15 – 14:45 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Sheraton: Chicago Ballroom IX

Session Number: 2235
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: Theme
Highlight
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Session Chair(s)

CB

Christian Busch

USC Marshall School of Business, United States

Handouts
MR

Madeleine Stefanie Rauch

Cambridge Judge Business School

Panelist(s)

HM

Henry Mintzberg

McGill U. - Desautels Faculty of Management, Canada
WP

Walter Powell

Stanford U., United States
WS

Wendy K. Smith

U. of Delaware, United States
MG

Matthew Grimes

Cambridge Judge Business School, United Kingdom
CF

Christina Fang

New York U., United States
SA

Scott Duncan Anthony

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, United States
SS

Saras Sarasvathy

U. of Virginia, United States

This symposium will focus on the role of serendipity in the organizational context. Leading scholars will discuss how and why serendipity matters in strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation—and how companies can use it to their advantage. The focus of the short “panel sparks” is to highlight current state-of-the-art research, as well as relevant future research opportunities. We will conclude the symposium with reflections by an eminent management scholar (Henry Mintzberg), who will (serendipitously) “connect the dots” between the emerging themes.