Evolutionary perspectives on strategy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barnett, WP; Burgelman, RA
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• 发表日期: 1996
• 页码: 5-19
• 关键词: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; strategic evolution; ORGANIZATIONAL EVOLUTION

摘要

We advocate studying strategic management from an evolutionary perspective: using dynamic, path-dependent models that allow for possibly random variation and selection within and among organizations. We argue that this perspective directs our attention to some of the most interesting problems in strategic management. The papers in this special issue are summarized, along with some of their implications for the advancement of an evolutionary perspective on strategy. Collectively, the papers draw on various theoretical rationales, illustrating how an evolutionary perspective can help to integrate the diverse and otherwise separate theoretical traditions that meet within the field of strategic management.