SILVEIRA, Antonio Maria da

Aplicabilidade de de teorias : microneoclássica e estratégia empresarial - São Paulo : Nobel, abr./jun. 1994

Mathematics is a general and logical capital good for the construction of empirical science. Pure empirical science (e.g. Theory of the Firm) is a logical but specific capital good for the construction of applied empirical science. The latter (Corporate Strategy as a corresponding example) is a dialetical and specific capital good for the improvement of the art of science. The complementarity among these distinct spheres of knowledge is obvious. It is however obscured by the economists’ Ricardian Vice. A study of Ansoff’s work — he is the chief protagonist of the Theory of Corporate Strategy — is conducted under this perspective