RESEARCH NOTES. THE PAST IS THE PAST--OR IS IT? THE USE OF RETROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS AS INDICATORS OF PAST STRATEGY.

1992/10/01 by B. R. Golden, Brian Golden · 763 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Accounting and Organizational Management #Business #Computer science #Economics #Knowledge management #Marketing #Operations management #Psychology

paper · doi:10.2307/256318

published in Academy of Management Journal 35(4), 848-860 (Academy of Management)

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Abstract

This study challenges the common assumption that retrospective accounts of business strategy are reliable and valid. Chief executives reported their firms’ current strategies, and two years later, ...

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