Modular exaptation: A missing link in the synthesis of artificial form

Andriani, Pierpaolo; Carignani, Giuseppe

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.04.009

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“…In other cases, the underlying function may be new with respect to the technology, or the firm, but not new in absolute. This is the case, for instance, of the Gillette razor (Andriani and Carignani 2014).…”

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“…In evolutionary sciences the function-follows-form process is known as exaptation (Gould and Vrba 1982). Exaptation has gained increasing attention in the innovation literature (Andriani and Carignani 2014, Bonaccorsi 2011, Cattani 2006, Gould and Vrba 1982. Gould and Vrba (1982) contrasted exaptation-the emergence of a new function for an existing trait-with adaptation, defined as the improvement of a trait through natural selection driven by a pre-existing fitness function.…”

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“…Recent research has suggested to explore exaptation as an important mechanism of novelty generation (Andriani and Carignani 2014, Cattani 2006, Dew et al 2004, Kauffman 2000. Exaptation is defined as 'the process by which features acquire functions for which they were not originally adapted or selected' (Oxford Dictionary).…”

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Measuring Exaptation and Its Impact on Innovation, Search, and Problem Solving

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“…Innovation projects cannot simply be compared with well‐defined manufacturing processes where the detail of each individual task is known in advance. The wider innovation literature has acknowledged that innovation processes are complex (Andriani and Carignani ; Dougherty and Dunne ) and non‐linear (Meyer et al . ; Van de Ven et al .…”

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“…Innovation projects cannot simply be compared with well-defined manufacturing processes where the detail of each individual task is known in advance. The wider innovation literature has acknowledged that innovation processes are complex (Andriani and Carignani 2014;Dougherty and Dunne 2011) and non-linear (Meyer et al 2005;Van de Ven et al 1999), and it is therefore intriguing that, where the speed of such processes is concerned, scholars very often assume that effective time and project management techniques are sufficient solutions. Our response in this paper is to introduce a wider range of perspectives on time in relation to debates about innovation speed.…”

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Accelerating the Innovation Process: A Systematic Review and Realist Synthesis of the Research Literature

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Grimshaw

Pandža

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There is continued interest among academics, practitioners and policy‐makers in methods to achieve accelerated innovation. Academic studies of this complex phenomenon have succeeded in reaching a high degree of consensus on the antecedents of innovation speed. The aim in this review is to elucidate further the mechanisms underlying management interventions to promote speed. The review adopts a theory‐led, realist synthesis of innovation speed research – the first example of this methodology in management studies. The authors develop a new time‐based framework for categorizing the innovation‐speed literature. The framework has a CIMO logic, and is built by invoking the organizational studies literature on time. The authors contextualize the innovation‐speed literature in relation to the three generic temporal challenges faced by all organizations: reducing temporal uncertainty; resolving temporal conflicts over activities; and allocating resources amid conditions of temporal scarcity. They problematize extant explanations of innovation speed as not taking account of different temporal orientations (temporal dichotomies) within innovation work, and thereby neglecting a potential barrier to achieving accelerated innovation outcomes. They further draw on the literature on time in organizations to suggest new avenues of research, and methodological approaches new to the study of innovation speed. The principal contribution of this review is to offer a new conceptual perspective on the complex empirical research examining how innovation projects may be accelerated from original idea to launch.

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The Effect of Emerging Economies Operations on Knowledge Utilization: The Behavior of International Companies as Exaptation and Adaptation

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Worek³

2019

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No one informed the dinosaurs that their thermal insulation could someday be useful for another purpose, yet their feathers developed into wings. This example describes exaptation, the discovery of new uses for existing traits; complementary to adaptation. The former, which is similar to opportunity recognition, and the latter, which follows environmental demands, are paths of knowledge utilization. Following the notion of exaptive repurposing of knowledge in internationalization, this study illustrates how internationalizing emerging markets changes a firm's behavior from adaptive to exaptive, offering a systematic theory to analyze organizational behavior in a variety of contexts. This study illustrates how a change from developed to emerging locations demands new uses for existing knowledge. This expansion creates further possibilities for additional expansions to developing economies in a similar state. This is particularly important since it illustrates how organizations from developed markets adopt a behavior more similar to ones originating from emerging markets, such as the capability to deal with political instability. However, this process can take a significantly long time. Therefore, we suggest exaptation is an essential concept in understanding organizational learning patterns in emerging markets and that capabilities learned in emerging economies can further leverage organizational capabilities in other emerging locations.

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Modular exaptation: A missing link in the synthesis of artificial form

Cited by 74 publications

References 34 publications

Measuring Exaptation and Its Impact on Innovation, Search, and Problem Solving

Measuring Exaptation and Its Impact on Innovation, Search, and Problem Solving

Accelerating the Innovation Process: A Systematic Review and Realist Synthesis of the Research Literature

The Effect of Emerging Economies Operations on Knowledge Utilization: The Behavior of International Companies as Exaptation and Adaptation

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