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Make Serendipity Work for You

Harvard Business Review

It has brought us Aspirin, the Pill, insulin, Viagra, penicillin, antihistamines and the smallpox vaccine, Scotchgard, Teflon, Velcro, Nylon, Ivory Soap, the Post-It note, and the technology behind the HP Inkjet printer. Merton and Elinor Barber.). Why are some organizations "luckier" than others, and how do they acquire this skill?

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