TY  - SER
AU  - Fredberg, Tobias
TI  - If I Say It
PY  - 2014///
KW  - Managerial Action
KW  - Strategy
KW  - Change
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Complexity
KW  - Ceo
KW  - Chief Executive Officer
KW  - Paradox
N2  - This empirical article focuses on practices by CEOs of global organizations to manage paradox. Earlier research has pointed to how difficult it is to solve paradoxes and has suggested overarching approaches for their resolution. The purpose with this article is to further the understanding of  how paradox handling works in practice. The article builds on interviews with CEOs of 20 global organizations selected out of their ability to create both economic and social value. The article aims to contribute to the literature by (a) showing how CEOs relate to paradoxes and (b) strategies for solving the paradoxes. Suggestions are made for how this develops the current literature in the area, and what further research may look into. The article informs industrial practice by showing examples of managerial solutions to paradoxes and by highlighting paradox resolution as a  source of competitive advantage
ER  -