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Generalisability

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Applicable to general phenomena (all companies)

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Controllable

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Repeatable and transparent

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Objectivity

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Independent conception of truth (Not subjective of peers)

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Method of research

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Valid and agreed upon research methods

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Parsimony

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Explain phenomena in clear and simple language

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Descriptive

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Describing how things are

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Prescriptive

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how things should be

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Normative

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designating some actions or outcomes as good or desirable

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Good reason model of truth

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Something is true if more reasons are in favor than against the claim

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Ontological

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Branch of philosophy dealing with being, reality, and existence

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Homo economicus (the economical human)

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A person who strives after his/her self interest in a rational way
without taking into consideration the well-being of others.

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Idealism

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objects and phenomena only exist as long as they are observed or experienced

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Idealism

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objects and phenomena only exist as long as they are observed or experienced

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Realism

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reality is observed in a pre-formed method through culture, nurture, and experience

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Kantian Idealism

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Reality not in our mind but pre-shaped by our mind, ordered in two experiences - time and space

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Sophism

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The goal is to win a debate no matter the means or to find the truth

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Truth preservation

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In a logically valid argument, true premises lead to true conclusions

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Invalid argument

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You cannot make a conclusion based on the premises

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Valid Argument: Modus ponens

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All A are B
X is A
Therefore: X is B

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Valid Argument: Modus Tollens

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If A, then B
B is false
Therefore: A is false

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Invalid Argument: Affirming the consequent

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If A, then B
B is true
Therefore, A is true

(the form is correct, but logically invalid)

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Invalid Argument: Denying the antecedent

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If A, then B
A is false
Therefore: B is false

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Positivism

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Science should be solely based on observations and experience (empericism)

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Logical Positivism

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There are only two sources of knowledge: Logical reasoning and empirical observations

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Deduction
Deduces reasoning from general claims or laws
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Induction
induce reasoning about general laws or claims from observations
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The correspondence model
A claim is true if it corresponds with reality
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Observational concept
concept which can be observed through the senses
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Theoretical concept
A concept that cannot be observed empirically, but requires additional concepts to be observed (eg. economic recession)
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What makes a good theoretical concept
1. Robustness - useable in more contexts 2. Fitness - Fit into a more general theory 3. Predictability - the ability to make trustworthy predictions
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Coherence model of truth
Explanation of the core concepts in relation to the claim in addition of empirical observations.
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Epistemology
the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge
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Analytic
Logical analysis of concepts (By definition)
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Synthetic
What must be observed (By observation)
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Demarcation
Distinction between science and pseudo-science
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Intensional definition
Conditions a phenomena has to meet to be counted as an instance of the concept (Definition)
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Extensional definition
The collection of instances to which the concept refers (examples)
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Karl Popper's Critical Rationalism
Scientists should not focus on confirmation of claims, but instead on falsification. If a theory can withstand falsification than true knowledge is gained.
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Paradigm theory - Thomas Kuhn
How science works, through scientific revolutions
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Paradigm
The structure within which scientists work together; assumptions, basic theories, methods, and norms
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Popper's model
Reject the theory not the observation
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Duhem's criticism
Are scientists always going to reject the theory and not doubt their observation
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Incommensurability
Cannot be measured/compared together, no paradigm is the best
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Methodological individualism
Only individuals and individual action exist, without the existence of supra-individual entities, such as companies
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Methodological collectivism
Supra-individual factors decide individual actions (eg. company culture)
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Causality
Assesses events before a phenomenon (How come ...?)
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Functionality
Assesses the goal a phenomenon serves (Why does a bird sing?)
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Teleologically metaphysical
To assess the goal of a phenomenon as the explanation for the phenomenon's existence.
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Causally metaphysical
To assess preceding causes as the explanation for the emergence of a phenomenon
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Symbolic interactionism
People's behavior is largely determined by norms within a group. (eg. fashion)
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Normativity presupposes fallibility
Normativity (rule-following behavior) creates the tendency to make mistakes or be wrong (fallibility)
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Intentional explanations
The intention behind behavior
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Explanans
Explanation
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Explanandum
The question
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Industrial organization
Profitability is explained by the industry (eg. market share)
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Resource-based view
Profitability is explained by the resources of a company (eg. patent, brand image, or staff)
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Organizational ecology
The analysis of the survival, growth and death of companies
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Hermeneutics
the attempt to unveil meaningful explanations for a phenomenon by understanding underlying meanings
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Rational choice theory
assumes that all individuals act as perfectly rational beings
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Nash equilibrium
A combination of choices of which no choice can be changed to the benefit of any of the players (Confess-Confess)
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Pareto optimal
A situation where no individual or preference criterion can be better off without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off or without any loss thereof.
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Agency problem
An agent is someone who has to do something on behalf of someone else (ice cream parlor)
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Solutions to agency problem
1. A promise 2. Control and threat to fire 3. A share of profits
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Bounded rationality
There are so many decisions to make- so you cannot rationally decide every decision all the time

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