Improving the marriage of modeling and theory for accurate forecasts of outcomes
edited by Arch G. Woodside.
Front Cover -- Improving the Marriage of Modeling and Theory for Accurate Forecasts of Outcomes -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- References -- Embracing the Paradigm Shift from Variable-Based to Case-Based Modeling -- Introduction: Gaining Perspective on Pervasive Bad Science Practice -- Documenting the Reasons for Embracing the Paradigm Shift from Variable-Based to Case-Based Modeling -- Why Bad Science Practices Pervade Empirical Management and Social Science -- Visualizing Bad versus Good Science Practices -- Principles of Good Science Practice that Are Usually Missing in Most Articles -- Concluding Remarks: Readings and Constructing Theory away from the Shallows -- References -- Four-Corner Outcomes in Strategic Management: Successful and Unsuccessful Paddling Down versus Upstream -- Introduction -- Core Tenets of Complexity Theory -- Case-Based versus Variable-Based Theory Construction of Antecedents Explaining Firm Performance Outcomes -- Method -- Survey Items -- Consistency and Coverage Indexes -- Findings -- Depending on Nation the Findings Do and Do Not Support IO?BB?CO ≤ High Firm Performance -- The Findings Provide Limited Support for P1 -- Findings from Testing P2: Firm Demographic Configurations for the Four-Corner Outcomes -- The Findings Provide Limited Support for P3: Strategic Orientations and Four-Corner Outcomes -- The Findings for P4: SOs with Firm Demographic Configurations Are Sufficient for Identifying Cases in All Four Corners -- Findings for Corner 3 Cases: Firms Increasing in Firm Sales in Declining Markets -- Findings for Corner 2: Firms with Decreasing Sales in Growing Markets -- Finding for Corner 1: Models Identifying Firms with Declining Sales in Declining Markets -- Findings for the Symmetric Analysis and NHSTs -- Discussion and Limitations -- Limitations -- Conclusion.
