5 Business history, international business and strategy scholarship
It is clear from what has been covered in previous chapters that the use of historical accounts and historical methods has become a significant concern in several social science disciplines, signifying how to some extent business history and mainstream business and management scholarship are being woven together. Of course, the rich possibilities in this intertwining had been recognized much earlier as a direct result of Chandler’s seminal work in Strategy and Structure (1962). Indeed, Chandler has been labelled the ‘Founder of Strategy’ (Whittington, 2008; p. 267), and he was clearly influential in the development of areas associated with dynamic ...
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