Management and organizational history has grown into an established field of research with
competing and contrasting approaches and methods that are relevant for management and …

This paper presents a critical review of the ways in which the specialised knowledge and
working practices of craft-based industries have been transformed in the context of broader …

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has sped digital transformation efforts of small-and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, recent evidence indicates that SMEs are falling …

In this article, we draw upon the philosophy of critical realism to reflect upon issues
concerning discovery processes and opportunity development. First, paradoxes in the …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are constantly under pressure to grow. This
pressure forces everyone involved to think about how best to run their business. Although …

This article presents a theory of venturing using a critical realist approach. Venturing is
presented as an outcome of reflexive engagement between individuals and circumstances …

Recent agenda‐setting exercises in the national innovation systems and industrial dynamics
literatures have highlighted the unresolved methodological challenges faced by those …

This paper offers a critical review of the 'single argument'that underpins Edith Penrose's, The
Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which was first published in 1959.(TGF). It aims to …

Adopting a critical realist position, this book renders transaction cost economics (TCE) into a
behavioral theory of organizational decision-making by foregrounding psychological …

Welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten haben Unternehmen in Krisenzeiten? Wie stark ist die
Sogwirkung des wirtschaftlichen Niedergangs? So aktuell diese Fragen sind, so alt sind sie …