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Meta-paradigm change and the theory of the firm

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posted on 2023-06-08, 10:05 authored by Paul NightingalePaul Nightingale
Many seemingly unrelated debates on the theory of the firm are in fact part of a single, deeper transformation of the social sciences. As the foundational assumptions of 20th century social science have slowly been shown by science to be false, new sub-paradigms have emerged, which cumulatively drop (i) theoretical assumptions about markets to explain firms; (ii) epistemological assumptions about knowledge to explain diversity; and (iii) metaphysical assumptions about causality to explain technical change. Debates occur across each of these levels.

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  • Published

Journal

Industrial and Corporate Change

ISSN

0960-6491

Issue

3

Volume

17

Page range

533-583

Pages

51.0

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  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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