Simulating the Strategic Adaptation of Organizations Using OrgSwarm

This chapter extends the particle swarm metaphor into the domain of organization science. A simulation model (OrgSwarm) is introduced which can be used to simulate the adaptation of a population of organizations on a strategic landscape. The simulator embeds a number of features including organizational inertia and dynamic landscapes. These features allow the examination of a wide range of real-life scenarios. The chapter also reports the results of a number of simulation

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