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strategic practice

Strategic practice can be regarded as an alternative to the mainstream strategy research via its attempt to shift attention away from a ‘mere’ focus on the effects of strategies on performance alone to a more comprehensive, in-depth analysis of what actually takes place in strategy formulation, planning, and implementation and other activities that deal with the thinking and doing of strategy. Because of its micro-level focus, studies following the strategy-as-practice agenda tend to draw on theories and apply methods that differ from the common practices of strategy scholars. In this way, use the strategic practice method can contribute to the evolution of strategic management as a discipline and body of knowledge with new theories and methodological choices.

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-   Golsorkhi, Damon & Rouleau, Linda & Seidl, David & Vaara, Eero. (2015). “Introduction: What is strategy as practice?”. 1-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139681032.00