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respol-theory-development

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Use when the conceptual argument is the bottleneck for a Research Policy (RP) manuscript — building an innovation-studies mechanism or framework that an interdisciplinary readership will accept as a contribution. Builds the theory; it does not run the analysis (respol-data-analysis) or write the final contribution paragraph (respol-contribution-framing).

When to use

• building an innovation-studies mechanism
• building a framework for interdisciplinary readership
• developing crisp constructs or propositions
• making the mechanism linking cause to outcome explicit
• connecting firm-level findings to innovation system level
• theorizing boundary or system conditions
• engaging rival explanations

When not to use

• running the analysis
• writing the final contribution paragraph

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