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Organizational routines and cognition: an introduction to empirical and analytical contributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

NATHALIE LAZARIC
NATHALIE LAZARIC*
Affiliation:
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, GREDEG, France
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*Email: Nathalie.Lazaric@gredeg.cnrs.fr
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Abstract:

This article introduces this special issue on routines. It offers some suggestions as to why the concept of routines is considered central in methodological considerations of capabilities and organizational evolution. The contributors to this special issue propose various analytical tools, and provide some missing pieces from the puzzle related to the prominent role of routines. Issues discussed in the papers include methodological individualism. Routines lie between the individual and the firm levels of analysis because they are enacted by individuals in a social context. It is also suggested that a multilevel research agenda provides a finer-grained analysis because organizational routines are not isolated units but are entangled among the various organizational layers.

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Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 7 , Special Issue 2: Business Routines , June 2011 , pp. 147 - 156
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Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2011

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