Editors’ Comments: Should Management Theories Take Uncertainty Seriously?

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Academy of Management ReviewVol. 43, No. 2 From the EditorEditors’ Comments: Should Management Theories Take Uncertainty Seriously?Sharon Alvarez, Allan Afuah and Cristina GibsonSharon AlvarezAssociate Editors, Allan AfuahAssociate Editors and Cristina GibsonAssociate EditorsPublished Online:13 Feb 2018https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0050AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsDownload CitationsAdd to favoritesTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail View articleREFERENCESAlmirall E., & Casadesus-Masanell R. 2010. Open versus closed innovation: A model of discovery and divergence. Academy of Management Review, 35: 27–47.Link , Google ScholarAlvarez S. A., & Barney J. B. 2005. How do entrepreneurs organize firms under conditions of uncertainty? Journal of Management, 31: 776–793. Google ScholarAlvarez S. A., & Barney J. B. 2007. Discovery and creation: Alternative theories of entrepreneurial action. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1: 11–26. 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