James G. March

Research topics

• Innovation and Knowledge Management · 2 papers
• Complex Systems and Decision Making · 1 paper
• Management and Organizational Studies · 1 paper
• Organizational Learning and Leadership · 1 paper
• Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Daniel A. Levinthal · 1 paper
• Barbara Levitt · 1 paper

Papers

1. The myopia of learningStrategic Management Journal · 1993 · 7,358 citations

   Organizational learning has many virtues, virtues which recent writings in strategic management have highlighted. Learning processes, however, are subject to some important limitations. As is well-known, learning has to cope with confusing experience and the complicated problem of balancing the…

2. Organizational LearningAnnual Review of Sociology · 1988 · 6,181 citations

   This paper reviews the literature on organizational learning. Organizational learning is viewed as routine-based, history-dependent, and target-oriented. Organizations are seen as learning by encoding inferences from history into routines that guide behavior. Within this perspective on organizational learning, topics covered…