publications
Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. (2009). Social reality, the boundaries of self-fulfilling prophecy, and economics. Organization Science. [pdf]
response by Ferraro, Pfeffer & Sutton. How and why theories matter: A comment on Felin and Foss [see here]; editor introduction [see here]
Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. (2009). Performativity of theory, arbitrary conventions, and possible worlds: A reality check. Organization Science. [pdf]
Felin, T. & Zenger, T. (2009, forthcoming). Entrepreneurs as theorists: On the origins of collective beliefs and novel strategies. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Abell, P., Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. (2009, forthcoming). Causal and constitutive relations and the squaring of the coleman diagram. Erkenntnis. [html]
King, B., Felin, T. & Whetten, D. (2009, forthcoming). Finding the organization in organization theory: A meta-theory of the organization as social actor. Organization Science. [pdf]
Felin, T., Zenger, T. & Tomsik, J. (2009, forthcoming). The knowledge economy: Emerging organizational forms, missing micro-foundations, and human capital. Human Resource Management.
Whetten, D., Felin, T. & King, B. (2009). Theory-borrowing in organizational studies: Issues and future directions. Journal of Management, 35: 537-563.
King, B., Felin, T. & Whetten, D. (2009). Comparative organizational analysis. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. [pdf]
Felin, T. & Foss, N. (2009). Organizational routines and capabilities: Historical drift and a course-correction toward microfoundations. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 25: 157-167. [pdf]
Felin, T. & Spender, JC. (2009). An exchange of ideas about knowledge governance: Seeking first principles and microfoundations. In Knowledge Governance: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, N. Foss and M. Snejina (eds), Oxford University Press. [pdf, recently posted]
Abell, P., Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. 2008. Building microfoundations for the routines, capabilities, and performance links. Managerial and Decision Economics, 29: 489-502. [pdf, recently posted]
Felin, T. & Hesterly, W.S. 2007. The knowledge-based view, nested heterogeneity, and new value creation: Philosophical considerations on the locus of knowledge. Academy of Management Review, 32: 195-218. [pdf]
Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. 2006. Individuals and organizations: Further thoughts on a microfoundations project. In David Ketchen & Donald Bergh (Eds.), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, 3: 253-288. [pdf]
Felin, T. & Foss, N.J. 2005. Strategic organization: A field in search of micro-foundations. Strategic Organization, 3: 441- 455. [pdf]
conferences (2009)
Mar 2009 - Utah Winter Strategy Conference, Solitude, UT
Mar 2009 - WAM symposium: "Stakeholder Theories of Governance"
June 2009 - Micro-level Origins of Organizational Routines and Capabilities, Erasmus University
Aug 2009 - OMT PDW on "Economics and Sociology: Opportunities for Integration?" with Mark Zbaracki (Ivey), Todd Zenger (WashU) and Ezra Zuckerman (MIT).
Aug 2009 - BPS Symposium on "Organizational Economics and Organization Capabilities" with Nick Argyres (WashU), Nicolai Foss (CBS), Robert Gibbons (MIT), Todd Zenger (WashU).
appointments and education
2005-present, Assistant Professor and Lee T. Perry Fellow, Organizational Leadership & Strategy, Marriott School, BYU
summer 2007, Visiting Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology
2004-2005, Visiting Professor, Organization & Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University [html]
2005 Ph.D. Strategic Management and Organization Theory, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
prior work experience
venture capital in Munich, Germany and Amman, Jordan. strategy practice intern at McKinsey & Co. finnish army artillery.
© Teppo Felin [2008]
ASQ, March 2008 (photo I took in La Perla, PR)