Trott, Paul and Ellwood, Paul and Baxter, David (2024) How Cognitive Bias Prevents Serendipity in New Product Development (and What to Do About It). IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71 (11269). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0018-9391

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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to identify practical strategies that new product development (NPD) managers can undertake to increase the likelihood of serendipity within the NPD process by focusing on overcoming the barriers presented by cognitive bias. We adopt an alternative methodological approach based on analogical reasoning to develop a series of propositions that explain the relationship between cognitive biases and serendipity. We present a process model of how serendipity unfolds within NPD. We provide a detailed analysis of cognitive bias within NPD, and identify those categories of biases that are most likely to hinder the occurrence and realization of serendipity in NPD. Finally, we propose a strategy of debiasing NPD activities to enable serendipity and thereby improve new product performance. This article concludes with a research agenda and discusses implications for firms.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Cognitive bias; debiasing; new product development; NDP; serendipy;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	18813
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3407515
Depositing User:	Vidatum Academic
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2024 11:38
Journal or Publication Title:	IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Publisher:	IEEE
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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