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The Assumptions behind Inventive Experimentation
Variety in management practices is beneficial. Invention, rather than imitation, is key to evolution.
Invention Validation Experimentation Inventive experimentation helps There is value to a portfolio of assess the predictive claims of management innovations being existing theories and contributes experimented on. to the creation of new theories. Inventive experimentation helps Problems become define
Table 14.2 Assumptions There are scholars who can be inventive enough to create new management ideas and applications. Management innovation benefits from a hackinglike attitude: a sustained effort to tackle important, difficult problems. Collaboration between academics and practitioners is ben
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