<p>This study investigates the extent to which complexity-based diversity measures can capture structural inequality in the global distribution of scientific production in Strategic Management. Using country-level data from core Strategic Management journals, the analysis combines classical inequality indicators—the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient—with complexity-informed measures derived from the Restricted Diversity Law, including the 60/40 rule and the Inequality Degree (ID). The results reveal an extremely skewed distribution of scientific production. A small group of countries concentrates the vast majority of output, while most countries contribute only marginally. The empirically identified cutoff point shows that fewer than 40% of countries account for more than 90% of the diversity contribution, indicating a strongly restricted pattern of complexity accumulation. The Inequality Degree further quantifies this disparity, showing that high-producing countries accumulate more than three times the scientific production per unit of diversity than the remainder of the system. These findings provide robust empirical support for the Restricted Diversity Law in the context of disciplinary knowledge production and demonstrate that inequality in Strategic Management research reflects a structural constraint rather than a transient imbalance. By integrating classical and complexity-based indicators, the study advances scientometric approaches to the analysis of inequality and diversity in scientific fields.</p>

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Assessing structural inequality in strategic management research: a complexity-based diversity approach

  • Guillermo Armando Ronda-Pupo

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This study investigates the extent to which complexity-based diversity measures can capture structural inequality in the global distribution of scientific production in Strategic Management. Using country-level data from core Strategic Management journals, the analysis combines classical inequality indicators—the Lorenz curve and the Gini coefficient—with complexity-informed measures derived from the Restricted Diversity Law, including the 60/40 rule and the Inequality Degree (ID). The results reveal an extremely skewed distribution of scientific production. A small group of countries concentrates the vast majority of output, while most countries contribute only marginally. The empirically identified cutoff point shows that fewer than 40% of countries account for more than 90% of the diversity contribution, indicating a strongly restricted pattern of complexity accumulation. The Inequality Degree further quantifies this disparity, showing that high-producing countries accumulate more than three times the scientific production per unit of diversity than the remainder of the system. These findings provide robust empirical support for the Restricted Diversity Law in the context of disciplinary knowledge production and demonstrate that inequality in Strategic Management research reflects a structural constraint rather than a transient imbalance. By integrating classical and complexity-based indicators, the study advances scientometric approaches to the analysis of inequality and diversity in scientific fields.