Assessing the External Environment: An Enrichment of the Archival Tradition

Abstract

Organization theorists and strategy researchers have effectively leveraged archival assessments of the environment to better understand organizational actions and performance. Despite the successes, several issues continue to plague research. Vague constitutive definitions and mismatches between constitutive and operational definitions are among the most pressing of these issues. To further develop the archival tradition, we clarified existing definitions and proposed new definitions where warranted. Our work has implications not only for the selection of concepts and measures in future work but also for interpretations of past research.

Citation

Chet Miller, C., ogilvie, d. and Glick, W.H. (2006), "Assessing the External Environment: An Enrichment of the Archival Tradition", Ketchen, D.J. and Bergh, D.D. (Ed.) Research Methodology in Strategy and Management (Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Vol. 3), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 97-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-8387(06)03006-2