Building Theory about Theory Building: What Constitutes a Theoretical Contribution?
梳理了关于理论贡献的现有文献，将其分为原创性（渐进或颠覆）和实用性（科学或实用）两个维度，并主张修正实用性维度，追求兼具科学和实用价值的理论，同时强调“预见性”以实现这一目标。
We distill existing literature on theoretical contribution into two dimensions, originality (incremental or revelatory) and utility (scientific or practical). We argue for a revision in the way scholars approach the utility dimension by calling for a view of theorizing that would enable theories with more “scope” (both scientific and practical utility). We also argue for an orientation toward “prescience” as a way of achieving scope and fulfilling our scholarly role of facilitating organizational and societal adaptiveness.