Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research

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dc.contributor.author	Foss, Nikolai J.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:27:20Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:27:20Z
dc.date.issued	2007-07-09T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9788791815065	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7441
dc.description.abstract	Arguments derived from the theory of science have been present in strategic management discourse since at least the beginning of the 1970s. The field’s topjournal,the Strategic Management Journal, has printed several theory of sciencebased papers. Most positions in the theory of science (falsificationism, instrumentalism, realism, constructivism, etc.) have been present in the methodological discourse in the field. This chapter briefly reviews theory science applications to strategic management, before a distinctive perspective on the evolution of the strategic management field is developed. According to this perspective, science progresses when deeper level mechanisms are identified and theorized. Theoretical reduction may therefore be an independent criterion of scientific progress. Application to the strategic management field of this perspective, which in the social sciences is closely connected to the notion of methodological individualism, reveals that the field has evolved in a manner akin to a swinging pendulum, oscillating between micro and macro perspectives.	en_US
dc.format.extent	28 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SMG Working paper;2007-007	en_US
dc.subject.other	the theory of science	en_US
dc.subject.other	strategic management	en_US
dc.subject.other	reduction	en_US
dc.title	Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt07jul09 gepomo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.corporationshort	Center for Strategic Management and Globalization. SMG	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Center for Strategi og Globalisering	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	SMG	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Center for Strategic Management and Globalization	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	SMG	en_US
dc.description.notes	Prepared for: The Elgar Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy / Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino	en_US
dc.idnumber	9788791815065	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2007	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Debates and a Novel View	en_US