The structure of serendipity

Volume: 20, Issue: 5, Pages: 342 - 358
Published: Nov 17, 2014
Abstract
Serendipity is routinely but mistakenly used as synonymous with chance events, luck or providence. It is thus not surprising that serendipity remains comparatively under-researched. After all, how is one to unlock the ‘black box’ of chance? Rather than being synonymous with chance, serendipity results from identifying ‘matching pairs’ of events that are put to practical or strategic use. With this etymologically accurate definition in mind,...
Paper Details
Title
The structure of serendipity
Published Date
Nov 17, 2014
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
342 - 358
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