Volume 12, No. 2, December 2013

 

Guest Editorial: Sense Making, Dilemmas, and Solutions in
Strategic Management
   
Arch G. Woodside

Carroll School of Management, Boston College, U.S.A.

 
Arnoldo R. Camacho
Department of Finance, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica
 
Lai, Wen-Hsiang

Graduate Institute of Management of Technology, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

   
Abstract

This introduction provides an overview of the motivation of this issue. It focuses on the conceptual frameworks and tools available to business managers that can be applied to deal with complex problems in an environment of increasing uncertainty and risk. The article concludes that innovative ways to find the basic structure of seemingly unstructured processes, combined with knowledge drawn from professional experience can facilitate the identification and selection of alternatives that lead to superior results.

Key words: decision system analysis; qualitative comparative analysis; sensemaking; strategy; true experiment
                  

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