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Can AI Do Strategy? A Dialogue and Debate

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  • Aaron Chatterji

    (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708)

  • Felipe A. Csaszar

    (Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109)

  • James Evans

    (University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637; and Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501)

  • Teppo Felin

    (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112)

  • Jessica Hullman

    (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208)

  • Karim R. Lakhani

    (Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts 02163)

  • Mari Sako

    (University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom)

  • Todd Zenger

    (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112)

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  • Aaron Chatterji & Felipe A. Csaszar & James Evans & Teppo Felin & Jessica Hullman & Karim R. Lakhani & Mari Sako & Todd Zenger, 2026. "Can AI Do Strategy? A Dialogue and Debate," Strategy Science, INFORMS, vol. 11(1), pages 16-30, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orstsc:v:11:y:2026:i:1:p:16-30
    DOI: 10.1287/stsc.2026.ed.v11.n1
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