Actor–network theory and strategy as practice

Christopher Chapman, Wai-Fong Chua and Habib Mahama discuss the varieties of points of contact between Actor–Network theory and strategy as practice research. They review the origins of Actor–Network theory and discuss three of its foundational principles: generalized symmetry, recursivity and radical indeterminacy. The authors describe how various streams of preoccupations related to strategic decision making, planning, accounting and control have dealt with these principles over time. By showing how these principles have been drawn on in empirical studies, Chapman, Chua and Mahama elaborate on how SAP researchers can draw on Actor–Network theorizing to fruitfully advance our understanding of the dispersed, complex and non-linear trajectory of strategy-making.