Microfoundations: Nature, Debate, and Promise

by Nicolai J. Foss, Stefan Linder

Overview

'Microfoundations' has become prominent in the discourse of management scholars. But what is it and how does it matter? This Element provides a characterization of microfoundations based on classical work on the methodology of social science and documents and discusses its manifestations in management research over the last one and a half decades. It also covers the relation of microfoundations to multilevel research, criticisms of microfoundations, and empirical research strategies for microfoundations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108468985
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/28/2019
Series:	Elements in Business Strategy
Pages:	75
Product dimensions:	9.06(w) x 5.91(h) x 0.20(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Microfoundations in recent management research; 3. The nature of microfoundations; 4. Critiques of microfoundations; 5. Empirical microfoundations research; 6. Conclusions and implications.