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causal ambiguity: a standalone construct

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Strategic management

uncertainty about the causes of performance differences between firms, which makes successful strategies hard to imitate.

In strategic management, causal ambiguity refers to uncertainty about the causes of performance differences between firms, which makes successful strategies hard to imitate. This meaning comes from Lippman (1982) in The Bell Journal of Economics.[1]

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ambiguity5 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs performance6 fields · 8 citationsjingle · one word, five performances uncertainty3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Lippman, S. A., & Rumelt, R. P. (1982). Uncertain Imitability: An Analysis of Interfirm Differences in Efficiency under Competition. The Bell Journal of Economics, 13(2), 418. https://doi.org/10.2307/3003464

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