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Meta-paradigms and the theory of the firm
Many seemingly unrelated debates on the theory of the firm are in fact part of a single, deeper transformation of the social sciences. As the foundational assumptions of 20th century social science have slowly been shown by science to be false, new sub-paradigms have emerged, which cumulatively drop (i) theoretical assumptions about markets to explain firms; (ii) epistemological assumptions about knowledge to explain diversity; and (iii) metaphysical assumptions about causality to explain technical change. Debates occur across each of these levels.
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Publication status
- Published
Journal
Industrial and Corporate ChangeISSN
0960-6491Publisher
Oxford University PressPublisher URL
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Issue
3Volume
17Page range
533-583Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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