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Muddling-Through Theory

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One of the traditions in the bounded rationality line of thinking is incrementalism – otherwise known as ‘muddling through’. It was conceived by Charles Lindblom in two key articles (Lindblom Public Adm Rev 19: 79–88, 1959; Public Adm Rev 39: 517–526, 1979), and it has influenced the management literature in several ways.

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  1. Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Jerry Guo

  2. Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Mie Augier

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  1. Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, University of California Tusher Ctr Intellectual Capital, Berkeley, California, USA

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Guo, J., Augier, M. (2016). Muddling-Through Theory. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_498-1

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