Microfoundations
Nature, Debate, and Promise

Characterizes microfoundations based on the methodology of social science and discusses its manifestations in management research.

Nicolai J. Foss (Author), Stefan Linder (Author)

9781108468985, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 November 2019

75 pages
15 x 23 x 0.5 cm, 0.14 kg

'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.

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.

Subject Areas: Business strategy [KJC], Macroeconomics [KCB]