Microfoundations of Organizational Capabilities and Knowledge Processes

Notions of routines, capabilities, knowledge, and learning abound in management studies and social science, particularly in such fields as organization studies and strategic management (where the “capabilities-based view” is now dominant). Capabilities are collective level constructs that refer to firm-specific knowledge that is said to be collectively held.

The purpose of this two-day conference is to bring together a group of world-class scholars from several related disciplines - business, economics, sociology, philosophy, communications - to discuss the micro-macro link in knowledge and capabilities and related knowledge processes as they relate to social theory and strategic management.