Critical realism and constructivism in strategy research: Toward a synthesis

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1169-1173

  Mir, Raza ^a   Watson, Andrew ^b  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Critical realism; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010196162     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.200     Document Type: Article

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