This commentary discusses the six articles that have been selected for publication in the Organizational Research Methods feature topic on ``Research Methods in Strategic Management: Opportunities and Challenges'' and lays out three directions to further our understanding of the centrality of methodological and measurement issues in strategy research.
Doh, J., & Hahn, E.D. (2008). Using spatial methods in strategy research. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 659-681.
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Greckhamer, T., Misangyi, V.M., Elms, H., & Lacey, R. (2008). Using qualitative comparative analysis in strategic management research: An examination of a combination of industry, corporate and business-unit effects. Organizational Research Methods , 11(4), 695-726.
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Keegan, J., & Kabanoff, B. (2008). Indirect industry- and subindustry-level managerial discretion measurement. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 682-694.
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Phillips, N., Sewell, G., & Jaynes, S. (2008). Applying critical discourse analysis in strategic management research. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 770-789.
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Short, J.C., & Palmer, T.B. (2008). The application of DICTION to content analysis research in strategic management. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 727-752.
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Wright, R.P. (2008). Eliciting cognitions of strategizing using advanced repertory grids in a world constructed and deconstructed. Organizational Research Methods, 11(4), 753-769.
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Venkatraman, N. (1989a). Strategic orientation of business enterprises: The construct, dimensionality, and measurement. Management Science, 35(8), 942-962.
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Venkatraman, N. (1989b). The concept of fit in strategy research: Toward verbal and statistical correspondence. Academy of Management Review, 14(3), 423-444.
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Venkatraman, N., & Grant, J.H. (1986). Construct measurement in organizational strategy research: A critique and proposal. Academy of Management Review , 11(1), 71-87.
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Venkatraman, N., & Prescott, J.E. (1987). Environment-strategy coalignment: An empirical test of its performance implications. Strategic Management Journal, 11(1), 1-23.
