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Academy of Management ReviewVol. 41, No. 3 What Inspires the Academy: Book Reviews and Beyond?Cities of Noise: Sensemaking, Sensemakers, and Organized WorldsGerardo PatriottaGerardo PatriottaUniversity of NottinghamPublished Online:17 Nov 2015https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2015.0357AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleREFERENCESAnderson P. 1999. Complexity theory and organization science. Organization Science, 10: 216–232. Google ScholarBauman S., Jacobsen M. H., Tester K. 2013. What use is sociology? Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester. London: Polity Press. Google ScholarBerger P., Luckmann T. 1967. The social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. London: Penguin Books. Google ScholarBrown S. L., Eisenhardt K. M. 1998. Competing on the edge: Strategy as structured chaos. 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