TY - CHAP AB - The main task of scholars is to help good ideas forged by their predecessors find a new life in the imaginations of their successors. In this essay, we consider some aspects of this process from our experience with garbage can ideas of organizational decision making. We record our memories of initial encounters with them, impressions of their current condition, and some thoughts on convolutions they may experience in the years ahead. VL - 36 SN - 978-1-78052-713-0, 978-1-78052-712-3/0733-558X DO - 10.1108/S0733-558X(2012)0000036005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2012)0000036005 AU - Cohen Michael D. AU - March James G. AU - Olsen Johan P. ED - Alessandro Lomi ED - J. Richard Harrison PY - 2012 Y1 - 2012/01/01 TI - “A Garbage Can Model” At Forty: A Solution that Still Attracts Problems T2 - The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice: Looking Forward at Forty T3 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 19 EP - 30 Y2 - 2024/05/13 ER -