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Chance, choice and determinism in strategy

De Rond, Mark; Thiétart, Raymond-Alain (2004), Chance, choice and determinism in strategy. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/13444

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Document de travail / Working paper
Date
2004
Publisher
Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge
Series title
Research Papers in Management Studies
Series number
WP 05/2004
Published in
Cambridge
Pages
35
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Author(s)
De Rond, Mark
Thiétart, Raymond-Alain
Abstract (EN)
Experience suggests that strategy entails some interplay of choice, chance, and determinism as causal elements. Specifically, strategy is predicated on causality, or the principle that strategic choices have causes as well as consequences. Yet our discipline lacks a fundamental theory of causation, one that integrates strategic choice and deterministic perspectives and leaves room for chance. In reply, we venture beyond strategy and the organization sciences into intellectual history and complexity theory. Not only does each tradition have a long and respected track record in confronting causation, but when combined they allow us to address epistemological and ontological issues alike. We conclude with three propositions on the nature of causation in strategy, and examine their epistemological and methodological consequences.
Subjects / Keywords
strategy; causation; intellectual history; complexity theory; philosophy
JEL
D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory
D92 - Intertemporal Firm Choice, Investment, Capacity, and Financing
L10 - General

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