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Untangling infinite regress and the origins of capability
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We argue that strategic management in general—and capability theory in particular—suffers from problems of infinite regress that can be traced to an unsatisfactory specification of initial conditions. We argue, first, that this has led to an overemphasis on path-dependence, experience and history, without sufficient attention on initial conditions: more proximate, decision-oriented punctuation points that can be used for better theoretical explanation. Second, we show how the initial conditio...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Management Inquiry Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-31
- DOI:
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1552-6542
- ISSN:
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1056-4926
- Source identifiers:
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743789
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uuid:2d9dcdaf-360b-4695-a94f-bed0334cc8b9
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- pubs:743789
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-08
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- Copyright holder:
- Hallberg and Felin
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- © The Author(s) 2017. Reprints and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav
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