Disruptive evolution: harnessing functional excess, experimentation, and science as tool

IF 2.8 4区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS

Industrial and Corporate Change Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI:10.1093/icc/dtad057

Teppo Felin, Stuart Kauffman

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Abstract

Abstract We explore the limitations of the adaptationist view of evolution and propose an alternative. While gradual adaptation can explain some biological and economic diversity, it cannot account for radical innovation (especially during the past 10,000 years). We argue that ubiquitously available but dormant “functional excess” provides the raw material for evolutionary disruptions. Harnessing this excess requires directed experimentation and what we call “protoscientific” problem solving. We highlight the implications of these arguments for evolutionary theory, including evolutionary economics and strategy.

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颠覆性进化:利用功能过剩、实验和科学作为工具

摘要:本文探讨了适应主义进化论的局限性，并提出了一种替代观点。虽然逐渐适应可以解释一些生物和经济多样性，但它不能解释激进的创新(特别是在过去的一万年中)。我们认为，无处不在但处于休眠状态的“功能过剩”为进化中断提供了原材料。利用这种过剩需要有指导的实验和我们称之为“原始科学”的问题解决方法。我们强调这些论点对进化理论的影响，包括进化经济学和战略。

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Industrial and Corporate Change Multiple-

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5.10

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4.00%

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期刊介绍： The journal covers the following: the internal structures of firms; the history of technologies; the evolution of industries; the nature of competition; the decision rules and strategies; the relationship between firms" characteristics and the institutional environment; the sociology of management and of the workforce; the performance of industries over time; the labour process and the organization of production; the relationship between, and boundaries of, organizations and markets; the nature of the learning process underlying technological and organizational change.