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Dynamics of the evolution of the strategy concept 1962–2008: a co‐word analysis
Author(s) -
RondaPupo Guillermo Armando,
GuerrasMartin Luis Ángel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.948
Subject(s) - centrality , field (mathematics) , consistency (knowledge bases) , strategic management , dynamics (music) , epistemology , sociology , key (lock) , reflection (computer programming) , knowledge management , computer science , management , artificial intelligence , economics , philosophy , computer security , combinatorics , pure mathematics , pedagogy , programming language , mathematics
Abstract The aim of this paper is to extend recent reflection on the evolution of strategic management by analyzing the field's object of study: strategy. We show how the concept of strategy has formed the backbone of the development of strategic management as an academic field and how consensus regarding it has evolved in the academic community during the stages of its historical development. We also address changes in the structure of the definition as it evolved through the growth of internal consistency, the centrality degree of the key terms that have shaped it, and how this evolution fostered the emergence of new research topics during the development of the discipline. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.