Organization Science Vol. 1 No. 1 1990

Collaboration or Paradigm Shift?: Caveat Emptor and the Risk of Romance with Economic Models for Strategy and Policy Research

Paul M. Hirsch¹; Ray Friedman²; Mitchell P. Koza³

¹ Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201 · ² Graduate School of Business, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02163 · ³ INSEAD Fontainebleau France

Abstract

While the “formulation” or “strategy” side of business policy has always drawn appropriately from economic theory, we caution that, taken to its logical extreme, economic theory ignores the importance of implementation, implies lack of choice in organization decision-making, and makes the organization a nonentity. In this paper, we outline the fundamental differences between behavioral and economic approaches to business policy. These differences are highlighted by an illustration of their divergent perspectives on corporate “agency”.

DOI

10.1287/orsc.1.1.87

Volume

1

Issue

1

Pages

87-97

Language

en

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