The globalization of strategy research: Permanent pluralism or prelude to a new synthesis?

Abstract

All knowledge claims are also to some extent legitimacy claims. No theory can receive serious attention, let alone gain credence, unless it is also seen as legitimate. Philosophers of science have spent decades trying to frame criteria that determine the legitimacy of theories, only to agree to disagree on the matter. Sociologists of science, on the other hand, take a broader view, arguing that rather than seeking ex ante criteria of knowledge it is best to examine how researchers legitimate knowledge in practice.

Citation

Baum, J.A.C. and Lampel, J. (2010), "The globalization of strategy research: Permanent pluralism or prelude to a new synthesis?", Joel A.C., B. and Lampel, J. (Ed.) The Globalization of Strategy Research (Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. xiii-xxxii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-3322(2010)0000027003