Nicolai Foss
Head of department
, PhD
Nicolai Foss
Department of Strategic Management and Globalization
Fax:+45 3815 3035
E-mail: njf.smg@cbs.dk
Nicolai Foss
Department of Strategic Management and Globalization
Kilevej 14, 2. floor
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Room 2.63
Tel.: +45 3815 2562Fax:+45 3815 3035
E-mail: njf.smg@cbs.dk
Link to this homepage:
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Affiliated with
Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics
Nicolai J. Foss' research is mainly concerned with firm strategy and economic organization. He is particularly interested in the intersection between these two fields.
Primary research areas
- The theory of the firm
- Economic organization
- The methodology of the social sciences
Selected publications
Foss, N., M. Reinholt and T. Pedersen. 2012. Why a Central Network Position Isn’t Enough: the Moderating Roles of Motivation and Ability for Knowledge Sharing in Employee Networks. Academy of Management Journal.
Foss, N. and S. Lindenberg. 2011. Managing Motivation for Joint Production: The Role of Goal Framing and Governance Mechanisms. Academy of Management Review.
Foss, N., H. Volberda and M. Lyles. 2010. Absorbing the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: How To Realize Its Potential in the Organization Field. Organization Science, 21: 931-951.
Foss, N. and T. Felin. 2009. Social Reality, the Boundary of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, and Economics. Organization Science, 20: 654-668.
Foss, N., P. Abell and T. Felin. 2008. Building Microfoundations for the Routines, Capabilities and Performance Link. Managerial and Decision Economics, 29:489-502.
Foss, N. and K. Foss. 2005. Value and Transaction Costs: How the Economics of Property Rights Furthers the RBV. Strategic Management Journal, 26: 541-553.
Foss, N. and K. Laursen. 2005. Performance Pay, Delegation, and Multitasking Under Uncertainty and Innovativeness: an Empirical Investigation”. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 58: 246-276.
Foss, N. and T. Pedersen. 2004. Governing Knowledge Processes in the Multinational Corporation. Journal of International Business Studies, 35: 339-349.
Foss, N.. 2003. Selective Intervention and Internal Hybrids: Interpreting and Learning from the Rise and Decline of the Oticon Spaghetti Organization”. Organization Science, 14: 331-349.
Last updated by Pia Elmegård 10/01/2012
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A new report by Ass. Prof. Dana Minbaeva receives good resonance in the Danish media
A recent report published by SMG faculty member Dana Minbaeva, Associate Professor in SHRM, in cooperation with Steen Navrbjerg, Associate Professor at FAOS, Department of Sociology, KU, receives a good resonance in the Danish media:
Ass. Prof. Phillip Nell new CEMS Academic Director at CBS
SMG faculty member Phillip Nell takes over the CEMS Academic Director position as of January, 2012. CEMS is a strategic alliance of leading business schools and multinational companies. In his function as CEMS Academic Director, Phillip’s main tasks will be centered on coordinating the CEMS program at CBS and to represent CBS in the Academic Committee of the CEMS Alliance.
SMG Copenhagen Prize 2011
SMG was once again handing out the SMG Copenhagen Prize at the annual EIBA-conference. The winners of the SMG Copenhagen Prize 2011 are Virginia Hernandez & Maria Jesus Nieto, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
