Interpretation and translation of industrial recipes: a study of strategic thinking in the Swedish construction industry

The aim of this article is to promote an understanding of changing knowledge structures. The study focuses on strategic management and how knowledge structures evolve and change. It is argued that: Industrial recipes can function both as restricting and driving forces for changing the existing knowl...

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Published in:Strategic change 1999-12, Vol.8 (8), p.445-457
Main Authors: Östergren, Katarina, Huemer, Lars
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and economics
Business studies
Cognitive models
Construction industry
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Ekonomi
Företagsekonomi
Information processing
Knowledge
Organizational learning
Recipes
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Strategic management
Studies
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Summary:The aim of this article is to promote an understanding of changing knowledge structures. The study focuses on strategic management and how knowledge structures evolve and change. It is argued that: Industrial recipes can function both as restricting and driving forces for changing the existing knowledge structure of strategic thinking among managers. Institutional conditions force companies to act in new ways and in new markets, but institutional conditions also impede learning by not opening up for solutions which are beyond the recipe. Managerial action is guided by transforming interpretation of the industrial recipe. The industry recipe provides security for managers, but their subsequent action can be very different from their traditional actions. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1086-1718
1099-1697
1099-1697
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1697(199912)8:8<445::AID-JSC448>3.0.CO;2-8