Studying Strategy Process in Organizations That Are Structurally Modulating between Exploration and Exploitation: Comparison of Computational Modelling and Case Study Approach

No 177, Working Papers from School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology

Abstract: This paper analyses research methods that could be applicable for studying the strategy process in organizations that are shifting in their strategic change process between the modes of exploration and exploitation by the means of structural modulation (Nickerson & Zenger 2002). As the structural modulation phenomenon poses new methodological challenges in terms of handling processual and longitudinal data, then the traditional cross-sectional approach cannot be effectively used. For this purpose, the analysis focuses on two potential, seemingly opposite approaches – quantitative computational modelling and qualitative in-depth case study analysis. It finally concludes with a "to do" list in order to establish the next steps in the research plan.

Keywords: research methods; strategy process; exploration; exploitation; structural modulation; system dynamics; case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 L21 L22 L25 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse and nep-knm
Date: 2008
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Published in Working Papers in Economics.School of Economics and Business Administration,Tallinn University of Technology (TUTWPE), Pages 115-134

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