Organization Studies articles from March 2000

Organization Studies archives from March 2000

Organizational Ecology Has a Bright Future.
March 1, 2000... The Image of Organizational Ecology Organizational ecology is here to stay. Clearly, Michael Hannan and John Freeman's paradigm-building programme, which started with their classic 1977 article 'The population ecology of organizations' in...

The Evolution of Collective Strategies Among Organizations.
March 1, 2000... William Ocasio [*] Abstract Many organizations are made up of other organizations that have decided to act collectively -- as with research and development consortia, industrial alliances, trade associations, and formal political...

Custom Service: Application and Tests of Resource-partitioning Theory among Dutch Auditing Firms from 1896 to 1992 [*].
March 1, 2000... Abstract This article examines resource-partitioning theory in organizational ecology in the context of the Dutch auditing industry. The theory predicts that under certain conditions, specialist organizations will proliferate as the...

Decreasing Concentration and Reversibility of the Resource Partitioning Process: Supply Shortages and Deregulation in the Bulgarian Newspaper Industry, 1987-1992.
March 1, 2000... Stanislav D. Dobrev [*] Abstract This paper examines the effect of decreasing industry concentration on organizational diversity and on the choice of positional strategies in the population of Bulgarian newspaper enterprises between...

Racing and Back-pedalling into the Future: New Product Introduction and Organizational Mortality in the US Bicycle Industry, 1880-1918.
March 1, 2000... Anand Swaminathan [*] Abstract We hypothesize that some overlap of production between and within product generations reduces firm mortality, as it allows firms to retain valuable routines. Excessive overlap, however, becomes harmful....

Density Dependence and Spatial Duality in Organizational Founding Rates: Danish Commercial Banks, 1846-1989 [*].
March 1, 2000... Abstract This paper examines founding rates of commercial banking organizations in Denmark between 1846 and 1989 with two main analytical objectives. The first is to provide an empirical test of the claim that density-dependent...

Horst Albach, Meinolf Dierkes, Ariane Berthoin Antal and Kristina Vaillant (eds.): Organisationslernen -- institutionelle und kulturelle Dimensionen (WZB-Jahrbuch).(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1998, Berlin: Sigma. 526 pages. This 1998 yearbook of the Social Science Research Centre in Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, WZB) presents research results obtained in different interdisciplinary WZB research teams. The eclectic...

Frank Heller, Eugen Pusic, George Strauss and Bernhard Wilpert: Organizational Participation. Myth and Reality.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1998, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 294 pages. The authors present their book as a 'valedictory volume'. This reminds me of the book Deuteronomy in the Old Testament which starts out -- and mainly consists of -- a retrospect...

Herbert A. Simon: An Empirically-based Microeconomics.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1997, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 223 pages. This notable book gathers the three 'Raffaele Mattioli Lectures' given by Herbert Simon at Bocconi University in 1996, together with the five commentaries prepared on them and some...

David J. Hickson and Derek S. Pugh: Management Worldwide - The Impact of Societal Culture on Organizations around the Globe.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1995, London: Penguin Books. 307 pages. In this book, Professors David Hickson and Derek Pugh synthesize decades of research on, and personal experiences from cross-cultural management. The result is a single and highly accessible paperback...

Cary L. Cooper and Susan E. Jackson: Creating Tomorrow's Organizations -- A Handbook for Future Research in Organizational Behavior.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1997, Chichester: Wiley. 522 pages. Recent changes in the nature of work and organizations have fundamentally altered the way in which organizations (should) behave. In this edited volume leading thinkers in the field of Organizational...

C. M. Fisher: Resource Allocation in the Public Sector.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1998, London: Routledge. 294 pages. The widespread restructuring and privatization of UK public services has fundamentally changed the nature of British society. This book is a critical examination of key issues in public sector...

Lex Donaldson: Performance-driven Organizatonal Change -- The Organizational Portfolio.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1999, Thousand Oaks: Sage. 231 pages. Performance-driven Organizational Change -- The Organizational Portfolio presents a new theory of organizational adaptation and growth. The author argues that crises of poor organizational performance...

Magne Y. Orrgland: Initiating Managing and Sustaining Strategic Change -- Learning from the Best.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1997, Basingstoke: Macmillan Business. 299 pages. This book provides a new model for managers who want to initate, manage and sustain strategic change. From a managerial perspective, it prescribes how business leaders faced with...

Robert W. Eder and Michael M. Harris: The Employment Interview Handbook.(Review)
March 1, 2000... 1999, California: Sage. 419 pages. The Employment Interview Handbook expands on Robert W. Eder's 1989 book, The Employment Interview, and provides a review of research in the area of the employment interview. Research from 26 new authors...