Faulconbridge, James and Muzio, Daniel orcid.org/0000-0003-1725-9011 (2020) Karl Polanyi on strategy:the effects of culture, morality and double-movements on embedded strategy. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. p. 102171. ISSN 1045-2354
Abstract
Karl Polanyi is arguably one of the most significant economic sociologists. At first glance the links between Polanyi’s ideas about markets, society and institutions and strategy may not be obvious. However, there is a hereto unrecognised link between recent writing about institutions and strategy and Polanyi’s work. In this paper we, therefore, chart how, when recognised, these links reveal that Karl Polanyi’s work might provide new ways of thinking about strategy. Our over-riding claim is that Polanyi’s ideas reveal the importance of considering how strategies are defined, responded to, and ultimately rendered effective or ineffective in ways that are determined by relationships between markets, the state and society. It is thus crucial to understand strategy as embedded, this implying consideration of a strategy’s legitimacy in economy and society as an instituted process at any particular place and time. This also implies wider political questions about strategy in society and the extent to which strategists need to be aware of the ‘double movement’ Polanyi discusses and ensure strategies serve the interests of society as well as those of the market.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2018 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:36 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2020.102171 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cpa.2020.102171 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137851 |
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