In other words, structure shapes strategy. This âstructuralistâ approach, which has its roots in the structure-conduct-performance paradigm of industrial organization economics1, has dominated the practice of strategy for the past 30 years.
For the 20th-century painter, see Francis Bacon (artist). For other people, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation). Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, PC KC (/ËbeÉªkÉn/; 22 January 1561 â 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.
Francis Bacon, 1561â1626. Portrait of Francis Bacon. Frontispiece from his Francisci Baconi . . . Opera omnia quae extant, philosophica, moralia, politica, historica . . . (Frankfurt on Main: Impensis J. B. Schonwetteri, 1665) [Rare Books Division]. Called the father of empiricism, Sir Francis Bacon is credited with establishing and popularizing the âscientific methodâ of inquiry into natural phenomena.