Affiliation:
1. Business School of the University of Western Australia Crawley Western Australia Australia
2. Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia
3. Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute Curtin University Perth Western Australia Australia
Abstract
AbstractBest practice advice for literature reviews abounds, yet little advice is available for how to infuse a literature review with theory‐generative insights that break out of knowledge silos. To address this issue, we provide guidance on reviewing a range of literature for theory‐generative insights through a process of knowledge transfers from a source domain onto a target domain. To do so, mainly building on work concerned with analogical reasoning, we put forward a ‘breakout’ review model, which consists of three iterative stages. While we illustrate the process model in a supply chain management context, we aim to assist any organizational scholar interested in exploring cross‐disciplinary literature for new ways of thinking.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Strategy and Management,General Decision Sciences
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