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Exploring Uncharted Territory: Knowledge Search Processes in the Origination of Outlier Innovation

Madeline K. Kneeland
Madeline K. Kneeland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-8998
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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Melissa A. Schilling
Melissa A. Schilling
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3573-7614
Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012;
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Barak S. Aharonson
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Barak S. Aharonson
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-2216
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Xiamen School of Management, Xiamen University, 361005 Fujian, China;Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Madeline K. Kneeland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-8998

SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;

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Melissa A. Schilling

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3573-7614

Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012;

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Barak S. Aharonson

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Barak S. Aharonson

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7031-2216

Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Xiamen School of Management, Xiamen University, 361005 Fujian, China;Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel

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Published Online:1 Apr 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1328

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Received:April 24, 2017
Accepted:July 29, 2019
Published Online:April 01, 2020

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Madeline K. Kneeland, Melissa A. Schilling, Barak S. Aharonson (2020) Exploring Uncharted Territory: Knowledge Search Processes in the Origination of Outlier Innovation. Organization Science 31(3):535-557.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the help and support of Sam Arts, J. P. Eggers, Lee Fleming, Deepak Hegde; the participants of the 2016 Organization Science Winter Conference, the 2017 Winter Strategy Conference, the 2017 Strategic Management Society Conference, and the 2017 Academy of Management Conference; and participants at seminars at New York University, IE Madrid, and Drexel University. The authors also thank Felipe Csaszar and three anonymous reviewers for their thoughtful comments and guidance throughout the review process.

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