Realism and constructivism in strategy research: A critical realist response to Mir and Watson

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1163-1168

  Kwan, Kai Man ^a   Tsang, Eric W K ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Epistemology; Philosophy of science; Realism; Relativism; Research; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000418014     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.199     Document Type: Article

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