Tip, pay extra attention too the next questions or ask your self the next questions, when you read the article:
- Familiarize yourself with the basics and contribution of each school.
- Prepare yourself to argue why the boundary/dynamic capabilitiy /configurational school has the most/least synthesizing potential.
- For the exam you are not expected to know the details of the economic theories (theories assuming firm homogenity and strong - form Darwinism, agency theory and TCE), only their value for the strategic field.
- Connect the content of articles and ask questions. How is the Seth and Thomas nation of structure- conduct-performance (pg. 170) related to strategy-structure-fit paradigma mentioned by Spender(pg. 29)

• What is the difference between prescriptove, descriptive, explantory and predictive research?
• If we were to only focus on the synthesizing schools, what negative effect do you envisage for research and practise?
• Why is moderate-form Darwinism consistent with the ontological assumptions of strategy research?
• Why is any attack on economic rationality damaging?