An Exploration of Discerning Search
本文提出“辨别性搜索”概念，指个体或组织对策略要素如何影响整体适应性有高度品味和判断力。基于NK模型比较发现，适应性景观越崎岖，辨别性搜索越优于局部搜索，能克服探索与利用的权衡。对模块化和组织设计有启示。
This paper argues that great strategies come from individuals or organizations that engage in “discerning search.” A discerning searcher has heightened taste, sensitivity, and judgment as to how individual elements of a strategy contribute to overall organizational fitness. This paper draws on Kauffman’s (1993) [ Kauffman S (1993) The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (Oxford University Press, New York).] NK model to compare the fitness impact of local and discerning search. The more rugged the fitness landscape, the more that discerning search outperforms local search. Organizations capable of performing discerning search in rugged landscapes are able to overcome what are generally regarded as inevitable trade-offs between organizational exploration and exploitation. Implications for modularization and organizational design are briefly discussed.