CONFIGURATIONS REVISITED
回顾1986年将构型方法引入战略领域的文章，指出当前文献缺乏对构型本身（即复杂相互依赖系统及其核心协调主题）的探索，并提出了第三种研究路径：将构型视为组织内部可创造或破坏竞争优势的变量或特质。
My 1986 article in SMJ represented an early attempt to apply the approach of configuration to the field of strategy. Now, 10 years later, we still have far to go. What is often lacking from the configurational literature is the search for configuration itself: for complex systems of interdependency and their core orchestrating themes. In this note I address the two major approaches to configuration: conceptually derived typologies and empirically based taxonomies. Some shortcomings of this work are identified and a few ambitious remedial suggestions are advanced. I then propose a third approach—studying configuration as a variable or quality within each organization that can create or destroy competitive advantage.