A True Competitive Advantage?: Reflections on Different Epistemological Approaches to Strategy Research

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Competitive Strategy,
Research
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Groupe HEC,
Management,
Strategy,
Theory
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Groupe HEC

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Overview: Traditionally, strategy scholars have paid too little attention to epistemological issues. To advance the understanding of these issues, one focus in this paper on the theory of truth underlying specific traditions in strategy research. This paper distinguishes positivism, constructionism, scientific realism, and pragmatism as viable, but fundamentally different epistemological approaches. The paper argues that each of these approaches is based on a specific theory of truth.

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Format: PDF | Size: 152KB | Date: Mar 2006 | Pages: 31

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