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Actor-network theory and the dilemma of the resource concept in strategic management

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Summary Despite the pervasiveness of discussion on resources and strategy within the management literature, there is considerable ambiguity surrounding the core construct of organisational resources. Approaches informed by theoretical developments within the sociology of technology, broadly known as actor-network theory, can provide different ways of conceptualising the formation of resources as contingently stabilised relationships of people, documents and technologies. This research note theorizes the dynamic link between resources and strategy and concludes with future directions for empirical research.

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  • Steen, John, 2010. "Actor-network theory and the dilemma of the resource concept in strategic management," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 324-331, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:26:y:2010:i:3:p:324-331
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    1. Middleton, Stuart & Liesch, Peter W. & Steen, John, 2011. "Organizing time: Internationalization narratives of executive managers," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 136-150, April.
    2. Kuhmonen, Tuomas, 2017. "Exposing the attractors of evolving complex adaptive systems by utilising futures images: Milestones of the food sustainability journey," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 214-225.
    3. Jintong Tang & Zhi Tang & Jerome A. Katz, 2014. "Proactiveness, Stakeholder–Firm Power Difference, and Product Safety and Quality of Chinese SMEs," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 38(5), pages 1-29, September.
    4. Chen, Ping-Chuan & Hung, Shiu-Wan, 2016. "An actor-network perspective on evaluating the R&D linking efficiency of innovation ecosystems," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 303-312.

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