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Embracing the “fail...
Embracing the “fail fast and learn fast” mindset: conceptualizing learning from failure in knowledge-intensive SMEs
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- Koporcic, Nikolina (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Industriell ekonomi,Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Vantaa, Finland
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- Sjödin, David (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Industriell ekonomi,University of South-Eastern Norway, USN Business School, Horten, Norway
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- Kohtamäki, Marko (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Industriell ekonomi,School of Management, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland
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- Parida, Vinit (author)
- Luleå tekniska universitet,Industriell ekonomi,University of South-Eastern Norway, USN Business School, Horten, Norway; School of Management, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland
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- 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: Small Business Economics. - : Springer. - 0921-898X .- 1573-0913.
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- “Fail fast and learn fast” is a principle commonly advanced to quickly grow and scale startups and SMEs. However, the literature lacks detailed insights into how such learning is organized. The paper aims to investigate how knowledge-intensive SMEs learn from failures through organizational learning processes. To answer this question, we present in-depth case studies of three SMEs that operate in a dynamic context where quick adaption to changes, failures, and learning are natural modes of practice. Our findings present the learning from the failure process, which includes three phases: (1) failure recognition, (2) interactive sensemaking, and (3) organizational adaptation. We condense our insights into a framework disentangling how SMEs succeed and fail and how they can learn from failures through their underlying learning processes. We contribute to prior literature on organizational learning in SMEs by focusing on knowledge-intensive SMEs and practices that enable effective learning from failures.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Business model innovation
- D83
- Experimentation
- Fail fast and learn fast mindset
- Knowledge-intensive SMEs
- L26
- Learning from failure
- M13
- Organizational learning and innovation
- Entreprenörskap och innovation
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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