Micro-foundations for management research: what, why, and whiter?

• Autores: Nicolai J. Foss
• Localización: Cuadernos de economía y dirección de la empresa, ISSN 1138-5758, Nº 42, 2010, págs. 11-34
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/s1138-5758(10)70002-5
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Micro-fundamentos para la investigación en dirección de empresas: ¿qué, por qué y adónde?
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  • español

    Los micro-fundamentos han emergido de forma reciente como un tema de interés para la investigación en Dirección de Empresas. En este trabajo se ofrece una interpretación de su significado e interés para la investigación. Se argumenta que su interés surge como consecuencia de las limitaciones de las perspectivas macro, dominantes, con respecto a los desafíos organizativos y de dirección derivados de la producción basada en el conocimiento. En el trabajo se presentan también otros fundamentos alternativos más adecuados para tratar estos problemas basados en la teoría goal-framing.

  • English

    Micro-foundations have emerged as an important foundational theme in recent management research. I offer an interpretation of what micro-foundations may mean in the context of management research; argue that the interest in micro-foundations have arisen as a consequence of the shortcomings of extant, dominant macro perspectives with respect to coming to grips with key management and organizational challenges related to knowledgebased production; and offer some alternative foundations, based on goal-framing theory, that are better capable of handling these challenges.

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