Author: Chen Wei Affiliation: Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China ORCID ID: 0009-0001-5070-8256 Doi: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y10032 Submitted 15 August 2026; Revised 16 September 2026; Revised 1 October 2026; Accepted 7 October 2026; Available online 10 October 2026; Version of Record 10 October 2026. Volume 3, December 2026, (10032) Abstract Strategic management settled its dispute between environmental determinism and managerial choice by treating constraint as arrivi