We explore how the socio-ecological approach to strategy extends and enriches current theory on fields (especially Fligstein and McAdam, 2012). We do so with a socio-ecological (Ramirez and Selsky, 2016) lens which helps us analyse how contention and change work in conditions of turbulence,...

This paper explores how socio-ecological strategy-making research applies to Swiss watchmaking. We review the literatures on fields, apply this review to socio-ecological strategy, explain how turbulence is manifested in Swiss watchmaking, and assess the viability of socio-ecological scenario...

The Swiss Watchmaking Field is again entering a period of turbulence (Emery and Trist 1965) due to regulatory changes, the emergence of connected devices, volatile consumer behavior, currency changes, and relations among these factors that may challenge the capabilities for adaptation of key...