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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2022

Eric W. K. Tsang
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Dallas

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Abbott, K. W., 109
abduction, 204
academic tenure, 169
accommodation, 193, 196. See also prediction
Agassi, J., 126
agent causation, 60. See also event causation
Alvarez, S. A., 5
Amihud, Y., 159161
Andrews, T. G., 148
Aristotle’s four causes, 7577
Avogadro’s number, 10
backtracking, 4345
Bai, X., 174, 191192, 207208
Bandura, A., 93
Barkema, H. G., 193196
Barnes, E. C., 182
Barney, J. B., 1317
behaviorism, 92
Bettis, R. A., 190
Bettman, J. R., 196198
Bingham, C. B., 124125
Brewer, W. F., 153
Brownian motion, 910
Bryman, A., 198
Bunge, M., 10, 65, 67, 91, 187
Burrell, G., 157, 159
Butler, J. E., 1315
Carreyrou, J., 7
case studies, 23, 25, 32, 74, 201
causal graph modeling, 4753
back-door paths, 48
screening-off, 49
causal power, 61, 141143
causation, regularity theory of, 3339
accidental regularities, 38
constant conjunction, 35
necessary and sufficient conditions, 39
necessary connection, 34
Chandler, A. D., 115118
Child, J., 171172, 181
Chinese philosophy, 166, 216218
Chinn, C. A., 153
Chung, C. C., 176
Coase, R. H., 13, 24
Coff, R., 186, 188
Cohen, B. D., 209
Coleman’s boat, 135140
collective schema, 124
contextualization, 23, 26
contrastive explanation, 1922
allomorph, 19
fact and foil, 2122
Corbett, A. C., 153
corporate diversification strategies, 159161
counterfactuals, 38, 4145
covering law model, 77
counterexamples, 8788
deductive-nomological model, 8083
inductive-statistical model, 8384
symmetry between explanation and prediction, 8486
Craver, C., 3
Crossan, M. M., 144
Davidson, D., 61, 98
Davis, M. S., 2628
de Rond, M., 25, 151
Dean, T. J., 209
Demeulenaere, P., 129, 135
Denis, D. J., 159161
doctoral training, 168, 177
Dooley, R., 189
Durand, R., 4753
Elder-Vass, D., 143
eliminative reduction, 142. See also explanatory reduction
Elster, J., 107
emergent entities, 142
emergent properties, 141
Emmet, D., 12
entrepreneurial opportunities
actualization view of, 6
creation view of, 5, 154
discovery view of, 5, 153
epistemic conception of explanation, 3. See also ontic conception of expanation
Epstein, B., 129
equity ownership structure, 159161
event causation, 61. See also agent causation
explanandum, 12, 81, 86, 92, 103
explanans, 12, 81, 86, 92, 103
explanatory reduction, 142. See also eliminative reduction
Feldman, M. S., 138
Felin, T., 129, 139
five forces framework, 15
five phrases, 217
Franklin, A., 156
Freudenberg, J., 154
Friedman, Michael, 81
Friedman, Milton, 63
functional explanation, 104110. See also teleological explanation
latent functions, 106107
manifest functions, 106107
Fung, Y.-L., 216
Galton, F., 151
Gaur, A. S., 171
General Motors-Fisher Body integration, 114115
geocentric model, 11
Gerring, J., 32
Giachetti, C., 175, 183
Gray, B., 26
Gunstone, R. F., 152
Hanson, N. R., 152
Harima, A., 154
Harman, G. H., 203
Harré, R., 61, 94
Hausman, D. M., 41
Hayek, F. A., 133
Hedström, P., 66, 88, 95
Hempel, C. G., 70, 77, 80, 84, 113114, 152
hermeneutics, 100102
double, 102, 125
hermeneutic circle, 101
Hewett, K., 172
Hintikka, J., 161
historical explanation, 112115
comparison with functional explanation, 115119
covering law model of, 113115
Hodgson, G. M., 133134
Holmes, Elizabeth, 68, 99
Hume, D., 3339
Hunt, S. D., 155
imprinting theory, 174, 207
inference to the best explanation, 203208
initial public offering, 174, 191192, 207209
intentional explanation, 9799
interesting research advocacy, 2629
international joint ventures, 26, 170, 199201
INUS condition, 40
Iriyama, A., 173
Judge, W. Q., 189
Kahl, S. J., 124125
Kahneman, D., 151
Khemlani, S., 18
Kincaid, H., 132
Kogut, B., 173
Korman, J., 18
Kuhn, T. S., 157158
Lampel, J., 175, 183
Lane, P. J., 159161
Langley, A., 122
Lester, R. A., 63
Lev, B., 159161
levels issues, 179
Lewis, D., 20, 4143, 132
Lewis, M. W., 165
Lewis, P., 141
Li, P. P., 162166
Lin, Y., 213, 219
Lipton, P., 22, 197, 205
Little, D., 71, 107108, 140
Liu, C., 151
Locke, J., 12
logical positivism, 79, 165
luck, 149152
Mackenzie, D., 211
Madden, E. H., 61
Madhavan, R., 173
March, J. G., 163
Markov condition, 5153, 57
Maryanski, A., 110
mathematical models, 16
McMullin, E., 28
mechanismic explanation, 8993
comparison with covering law model, 9396
mechanisms, 6171, 136
definition of, 64
social, 66
Mencius, 216
Merton, R. K., 62, 64, 106107, 146
metatheory, 164166
methodological individualism, 127131. See also ontological individualism
microfoundations, 127141
Miller, R. W., 197
Mohr, L. B., 120121
Morgan, G., 157, 159
multi-method approach, 199202
multi-theoretical approach, 177184
Needham, J., 214
null hypothesis statistical testing, 190, 192. See also post hoc hypothesizing
Ockham’s razor, 182184
anti-quantity principle, 182
anti-superfluity principle, 182
ontic conception of explanation, 34. See also epistemic conception of explanation
ontological individualism, 128129, 131134. See also methodological individualism
ontology, influence of, 48
Oppenheim, P., 80
organizational ambidexterity, 163165
organizational ecology, 109110
organizational learning, 127, 134, 137139, 143
4I framework of, 144
organizational routines, 138, 143
organizational unlearning, 200
Pan, W., 213
paradigms, 157158
incommensurability of, 158
Pathak, B., 186
Pearl, J., 32, 47, 211
Pentland, B. T., 138
Perrin, J., 10
Pilling, B. K., 189
Poole, M. S., 123
Popper, K. R., 17, 68
Poppo, L., 167
Porter, M. E., 15
possible worlds, 41
post hoc hypothesizing, 190196. See also null hypothesis statistical testing
Pouder, R., 167
practical reasoning, 208
Prasad, A., 101
prediction, 192, 197. See also accommodation
Priem, R. L., 1315
probabilistic causation, 4546
absolute probability, 45
conditional probability, 45
process organization studies, 119122
process theorizing, 121122. See also variance theorizing
process tracing, 7174
psychic distance, 180
publishing journal papers, 169, 178
qualitative research methods, 71, 101
quantitative research methods, 25, 71, 121, 189
Radcliffe-Brown, A. R., 111
Ramoglou, S., 5
Ramsey, F. P., 16
real options theory, 173, 176
reasons as causes, 61, 9899
reduced models, 161, 187190. See also structural models
reductionism, 129
Reece, B. C., 77
regression to the mean, 150
replication, 193198
resource-based view, 1317, 174175
Reuer, J. J., 170
Ricoeur, P., 100
risk diversification theory, 176
Ritzer, G., 165
Ross, J., 167
Roy, W. G., 116118
Runde, J., 25
Ryan, L. V., 179
Salmon, W. C., 8586
Scherer, A. G., 159
Schneider, M., 179
Schumpeter, J., 127
Searle, J. R., 97, 133
self-fulfilling prophecy, 64, 67, 72
Shane, S., 5
Shankman, N. A., 179
Simon, H. A., 127
Sivin, N., 218
Skinner, B. F., 92
Smith, W, K., 165
social identity theory, 207
social learning theory, 93
St. John, C. H., 167
Staw, B. M., 167
Steel, D., 69, 144
structural models, 187190. See also reduced models
Su, W., 25
Sun, L. Y., 213
superstitious decision making, 147
supervenience, 132133
Surdu, I., 171, 181
Swedberg, R., 67, 88
symmetrical overdetermination, 43
Taoism, 217
tautology, 1217, 110
teleological explanation, 102104. See also functional explanation
Thagard, P. R., 206
theories
complementarity of, 174
core assumptions of, 178179
explanatory limitations of, 170, 173
incommensurability of, 159162
theory-ladenness of observation, 152156
philosophical components, 156
practical components, 156
thought experiment, 7, 13
transaction cost economics, 13, 15, 24, 9091, 115, 174175, 186187
Tsoukas, H., 122
Turner, J. H., 110
Udehn, L., 127, 141
understanding, 812, 81
upper echelons theory, 174, 192, 207
Vaara, E., 4753
Van de Ven, A. H., 123
Van Evera, S., 72
variance theorizing, 120121. See also process theorizing
vector space modeling, 5360
Venkataraman, S., 5
Vermeulen, F., 193196
Vienna Circle, 7881
Watkins, J. W. N., 128
Watson, S., 172
Weber, M., 27, 130
Weitz, B. A., 196198
Welch, C., 2324
Welch, H., 217
White, R. T., 152
Yamanoi, J., 193196
Yan, A., 26
yin–yang theory, 162166, 217
Ylikoski, P., 66, 95
Zemla, J. C., 17
Zenger, T., 167
Zhuangzi, 218

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  • Book: Explaining Management Phenomena
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