Durand, Rodolphe; Vaara, Eero - HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales) - 2006
In this paper, the authors focus on the theory of truth underlying specific traditions in strategy research. They … distinguish positivism, constructionism, scientific realism, and pragmatism as viable, but fundamentally different epistemological … approaches. The authors argue that each of these approaches is based on a specific theory of truth. …