Hello,
I am developing a governance-focused research program called Architecture of Commitment and would value reactions to a central hypothesis:
Does governance operate further upstream of organizational selection by shaping which initiatives become legitimate candidates for consideration before the selection process even begins?
Strategy research often examines how organizations evaluate, select, resource, and adapt among alternatives. I am interested in an earlier possibility: that recurring upstream governance conditions, such as whose evidence receives standing, which time horizons are legitimate, who can sponsor an initiative, and what can be challenged, shape the candidate set itself.
Is this a theoretically distinct governance phenomenon, or is it already adequately explained by organizational search, behavioral strategy, resource allocation, or related literatures?
I will be at AOM in Philadelphia and would welcome candid reactions or suggestions about scholars and research streams I should examine.
Best regards
Tim