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| Author: | Nadkarni, S. Barr, P.S. |
| Title: | Environmental context, managerial cognition, and strategic action: An integrated view |
| Journal: | Strategic Management Journal
2008 : DEC, VOL. 29:13, p. 1395-1427 |
| Index terms: | management cognition environment strategy models |
| Freeterms: | attention velocity |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study refers to an apparent disconnect btw. two views of strategic action: the 'economic view' and the 'cognitive view'. This disconnect is argued to have created artificial boundaries btw. the two perspectives etc. This paper develops an integrated model answering the following questions: 1. Does industry context affect managerial cognition? 2. Does managerial cognition mediate the relationship between industry context and strategic responses to environmental changes? The relationship btw. industry velocity (here as: i-v.), the structure of top management's cognitive representation (as: c-p.) of the environment, and the speed of response to environmental events (as: s-of-r.) is studied. It is found that i-v. influences the structure of c-r., which in turn influence the s-of-r. These results support this paper's contention that both industry and cognition variables are critical in developing explanations of strategic actions. |
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