Idea atlas

The research program as one map: papers, themes, and the concepts that connect them

My research argues that decisions depend on the representations behind them, so this page offers one: the research program drawn as a map. The center holds the current thesis, that AI moves the cognitive bounds strategy was built on. Around it sit the three kinds of cognitive work the papers study—search, representation, and aggregation—plus the methods and teaching work that supports them.

Every circle is a paper and links to its summary page. Diamonds are recurring concepts and link to the glossary. Hover over any node to trace its connections and see what it is about.

Unbounding rationality—research theme This work asks what happens when AI relaxes the cognitive limits that have long shaped strategy theory and practice.Unboundingrationality Organizations as artificial intelligences: The use of artificial intelligence analogies in organization theory Academy of Management Annals, 2022 Felipe A. Csaszar & Tom SteinbergerOrganizations asartificialintelligences (2022) Artificial intelligence and strategic decision-making: Evidence from entrepreneurs and investors Strategy Science, 2024 Felipe A. Csaszar, Harsh Ketkar & Hyunjin KimArtificialintelligence andstrategic… Unbounding rationality: Why AI is a fundamental issue for strategy Forthcoming book chapter Felipe A. CsaszarUnbounding rationality(2025) The strategic foresight of LLMs: Evidence from a fully prospective venture tournament Working Paper, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar, Aticus Peterson & Daniel WildeThe strategicforesight of LLMs(2026) Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Strategy Published by Edward Elgar, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar & Nan Jia (editors)Handbook of ArtificialIntelligence andStrategy (2026) AI is revolutionizing strategic decision-making Harvard Business Review, 2026 Felipe A. CsaszarAI is revolutionizingstrategicdecision-making (2026) Can AI do strategy? Strategy Science, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar, Gwendolyn Lee, Peter Zemsky & Todd ZengerCan AI do strategy?(2026) Can AI do strategy? A dialogue and debate Strategy Science, 2026 Aaron Chatterji, Felipe A. Csaszar, James Evans, Teppo Felin, Jessica Hullman, Karim R. Lakhani, Mari Sako & Todd ZengerCan AI do strategy? Adialogue and debate(2026) Search—research theme Search is the problem of looking for better actions when the full landscape cannot be seen. This stream studies imitation, positioning, innovation, foresight, and policy through that lens.Search How much to copy? Determinants of effective imitation breadth Organization Science, 2010 Felipe A. Csaszar & Nicolaj SiggelkowHow much to copy?(2010) Positioning on a multi-attribute landscape Management Science, 2014 Ron Adner, Felipe A. Csaszar & Peter ZemskyPositioning on amulti-attributelandscape (2014) Government as landscape designer: A behavioral view of industrial policy Strategy Science, 2019 Cha Li & Felipe A. CsaszarGovernment aslandscape designer(2019) When to innovate and when to imitate Harvard Business Review, 2025 Felipe A. Csaszar, Rebecca Karp & Maria RocheWhen to innovate andwhen to imitate (2025) Search heuristics under multiple objectives: The case of corporate social responsibility Academy of Management Review, 2026 Daniel Albert & Felipe A. CsaszarSearch heuristicsunder multipleobjectives (2026) Representation—research theme Strategy depends on how decision-makers model the world. This work studies mental models, external visuals, and distributed representations built from many partial views.Representation Mental representation and the discovery of new strategies Strategic Management Journal, 2016 Felipe A. Csaszar & Daniel A. LevinthalMental representationand the discovery ofnew strategies (2016) Individual and organizational antecedents of strategic foresight: A representational approach Strategy Science, 2018 Felipe A. Csaszar & Daniella Laureiro-MartínezIndividual andorganizationalantecedents of… What makes a decision strategic? Strategic representations Strategy Science, 2018 Felipe A. CsaszarWhat makes a decisionstrategic? Strategicrepresentations (2018) A contingency theory of representational complexity in organizations Organization Science, 2020 Felipe A. Csaszar & James OstlerA contingency theoryof representationalcomplexity in… Learning strategic representations: Exploring the effects of taking a strategy course Organization Science, 2024 Mana Heshmati & Felipe A. CsaszarLearning strategicrepresentations (2024) External representations in strategic decision making: Understanding strategy’s reliance on visuals Strategic Management Journal, 2024 Felipe A. Csaszar, Nicole Hinrichs & Mana HeshmatiExternalrepresentations instrategic decision… The power and limits of distributed representations in strategic decision-making Strategy Science, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar & Luke RheeThe power and limitsof distributedrepresentations in… Aggregation—research theme Organizations do cognitive work by combining the judgments, information, and preferences of many people. This stream studies how those aggregation structures change decisions.Aggregation Organizational structure as a determinant of performance: Evidence from mutual funds Strategic Management Journal, 2012 Felipe A. CsaszarOrganizationalstructure as adeterminant of… Organizational decision making: An information aggregation view Management Science, 2013 Felipe A. Csaszar & J. P. EggersOrganizationaldecision making (2013) An efficient frontier in organization design: Organizational structure as a determinant of exploration and exploitation Organization Science, 2013 Felipe A. CsaszarAn efficient frontierin organization design(2013) When consensus hurts the company MIT Sloan Management Review, 2015 Felipe A. Csaszar & Alfredo EnrioneWhen consensus hurtsthe company (2015) Limits to the wisdom of the crowd in idea selection Advances in Strategic Management, 2019 Felipe A. CsaszarLimits to the wisdomof the crowd in ideaselection (2019) Cognitive and structural antecedents of innovation: A large-sample study Strategy Science, 2020 Saerom Lee & Felipe A. CsaszarCognitive andstructural antecedentsof innovation (2020) When ‘less is more’: How statistical discrimination can decrease predictive accuracy Organization Science, 2023 Felipe A. Csaszar, Diana Jue-Rajasingh & Michael JensenWhen 'less is more'(2023) Revisiting the unitary actor assumption: Toward realistic aggregation of individual preferences in strategy research Forthcoming in Strategy Science, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar & John C. EklundRevisiting the unitaryactor assumption(2026) Methods & teaching—research theme Some pieces are methodological or foundational. Others study what strategy education does and how AI changes the classroom.Methods &teaching Strategic decision making Encyclopedia of Management Theory, 2013 Felipe A. CsaszarStrategic decisionmaking (2012) A note on how NK landscapes work Journal of Organization Design, 2018 Felipe A. CsaszarA note on how NKlandscapes work (2018) Certum quod factum: How formal models contribute to the theoretical and empirical robustness of organization theory Journal of Management, 2020 Felipe A. CsaszarCertum quod factum(2020) A note on calculating the average span of control Journal of Organization Design, 2021 Felipe A. CsaszarA note on calculatingthe average span ofcontrol (2021) The effects of artificial intelligence on management education Strategic Organization, 2026 Felipe A. Csaszar, Michael G. Jacobides & Peter ZemskyThe effects ofartificialintelligence on… bounded rationality—recurring concept Bounded rationality is Herbert Simon's premise that decision-makers cannot know every alternative, consequence, or probability and cannot compute an unconstrained optimum.bounded rationality NK landscape—recurring concept An NK landscape is a model of a problem with N choices and K interactions affecting each choice's contribution to performance.NK landscape strategic foresight—recurring concept Strategic foresight is the ability to predict which present course of action will lead to a better future outcome.strategic foresight internal and mental representation—recurring concept An internal representation is a representation held within a given decision-maker.internal and mental representation distributed representation—recurring concept A distributed representation is a collective model assembled from partial representations held by several people and, sometimes, artifacts.distributed representation wisdom of the crowds—recurring concept The wisdom of the crowds is the improvement that can result from combining multiple partly independent judgments.wisdom of the crowds external representation—recurring concept An external representation is a physical or digital artifact used to store, display, or manipulate information about a problem.external representation hierarchy and polyarchy—recurring concept In the Sah--Stiglitz organization-design tradition, Hierarchy accepts a proposal only if every evaluator approves it, while Polyarchy accepts it if any evaluator approves it.hierarchy and polyarchy omission & commission errors—recurring concept An omission error occurs when an organization rejects a good project, practice, or opportunity.omission & commission errors Unbounding rationality Search Representation Aggregation Methods & teaching recurring concept
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