How advanced is the strategy paradigm? The role of particularism and universalsim in shaping research outcomes

As the field of strategy reaches its 25th anniversary, we examine how far the field has progressed during that time. Both management and strategy research have been characterized as being in an early, stage of development. We draw on Kuhn's (1996) paradigm development model, which posits it connection between afield's stage of maturity and research processes and outcomes, to assess the maturity of the strategy field. The conduct two studies. The first is a cross-discipline comparison of productivity norms for university faculty The second study examines longitudinal research outcomes for it sample of 945 strategy faculty. Our results indicate that strategy has the attributes of both tin early stage and mature field: while overall research norms are low relative to other fields, they are driven far more by merit-based than non-merit factors. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.