Micro-level Origins of Organizational Routines and Capabilities - June 19-20, 2010, Helsinki, Finland

Program

Friday, June 18, 2010

Meeting informally at 19:00 @ Klaus K hotel lobby for dinner

Saturday, June 19, 2010

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast

8:30 Meet at Klaus K hotel lobby.
We’ll take the ferry together to Suomenlinna

9:30 - 9:45 Conference Welcome (Teppo & Juha-Antti)

9:45 - 10:30 Introduction and discussion: What are microfoundations?
Teppo Felin (Brigham Young University)

10:30 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 11:45 Keynote: Michael Cohen (University of Michigan)
Title: Perceiving and remembering routine action: fundamental micro-level origins
Moderator: Koen Heimeriks (Erasmus University)


11:45 - 13:15 Paper Session I: The origins, context and temporal dynamics of routines

Paper: The temporal foundations of organizational routines
Presenter: Markus Becker (University of Southern Denmark)

Paper: Modeling the microfoundations of routine formation
Presenter: Amit Gal (University of Pennsylvania)

Paper: How context dependence shapes routine execution
Presenter: Scott Turner (University of South Carolina)

Discussant: Dan Raff (University of Pennsylvania)

13:15 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:15 Keynote: Maurizio Zollo (Bocconi)
Title: Towards empirical micro-foundations of organizational routines and capabilities
Moderator: Juha-Antti Lamberg , Aalto University

15:15 - 16:45 Paper Session II: Artifacts, cognition and routines

Paper: The role of artifacts in the patterning of organizational action
Presenter: Eugenia Cacciatori (Bocconi)

Paper: Routines, goal setting and task motivation
Presenter: Nathalie Lazaric (CNRS)

Paper: Cognitive control capabilities, routinization and decision-making
Presenter: Daniella Laureiro (Bocconi)

Discussant: Markus Becker (University of Southern Denmark)

16:45 - 17:15 Break

17:15 - 18:30 Keynote: Geoffrey Hodgson (University of Hertfordshire)
Title: The mirage of microfoundations
Counterpoint: Nicolai Foss (Copenhagen Business School)

Take ferry back to hotel

20:00 Meet at Klaus K Lobby to go to dinner

Sunday, June 20, 2010

7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast at Hotel

8:30 Meet at Klaus K hotel lobby.
We’ll take the ferry together to Suomenlinna

9:30 - 10:30 Keynote: Linda Argote (Carnegie Mellon University)
Title: Transactive memory systems: microfoundations of dynamic capabilities
Moderator: Tammy Madsen (Santa Clara University)

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:45 Paper Session III: Routines and levels of analysis

Paper: Building dynamic capabilities in times of drastic change
Presenter: Renata Kaminska-Labbe (SKEMA)

Paper: Multi-level origins of strategic HRM capabilities in MNC subsidiaries
Presenter: Kristiina Mäkelä (Hanken)

Discussant: Koen Heimeriks (Erasmus University)

11:45 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 13:00 Paper Session IV: Routines and black boxes

Paper: Structuring routines through intermediaries: Looking at the black box from inside out
Presenter: Hari Bapuji (University of Manitoba)

Paper: Organizing for innovation: Networks, relational stars, and innovative output
Presenter: Kostas Grigoriou (Georgia Tech)

Discussant: Scott Turner (University of South Carolina)

13:00 - 13:15 Break

13:15 - 15:00 Big questions panel

Linda Argote (Carnegie Mellon University)
Michael Cohen (University of Michigan)
Geoff Hodgson (University of Hertfordshire)
Tammy Madsen (Santa Clara University)
Maurizio Zollo (Bocconi)
Moderated by Juha-Antti Lamberg (Aalto University)

15:00 - 15:15 Awards and closing of conference

Ferry back to hotel
or
stay at Suomenlinna for informal interaction or to see sites