Typologies are an important way of organizing the complex cause-effect relationships that
are key building blocks of the strategy and organization literatures. Here, I develop a novel …

Causal complexity has long been recognized as a ubiquitous feature underlying
organizational phenomena, yet current theories and methodologies in management are for …

Few ideas have been more persistently central in both strategy and organization research
than the concept of fit (Child, 1974; Miller, 1992; Parker and Van Witteloostuijn, 2010; Sinha …

Management scholars study phenomena marked by complex interdependencies among
multiple explanatory factors that combine to bring about an outcome of interest. Yet …

Qualitative comparative analysis is increasingly applied in strategy and organization
research. The main purpose of our essay is to support this growing community of qualitative …

In their editors' comments, Delbridge and Fiss document the marked decline of typological
theories in AMR, even though “typologies present a particularly attractive form of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect and offer insights on how to justify
the use of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) as a research method for understanding …

I highlight why taking causal identification seriously is important for the study of strategy and
organizations. Nevertheless, the nature of the questions that are central to our field and the …

Porter's framework of generic strategies conceptualizes key elements of firms' strategic
positions in their industry. Research on these generic strategies has been challenged by the …

In any investigation of a causal relationship between an X and a Y, the time when X and Y
are measured is crucial for determining whether X causes Y, as well as the true strength of …