Strategic management and the philosophy of science: The case for a constructivist methodology

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 941-953

  Mir, Raza ^a   Watson, Andrew ^b  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Philosophy; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010177281     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200009)21:9<941::AID-SMJ141>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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