Organization Studies articles from May 2001

Organization Studies archives from May 2001

Firm Selection: An Integrative Perspective [*].
May 1, 2001... Abstract This paper highlights the variable intensity of selection pressure on firms. Failing to include a theory of selection pressure in assessing a firm's performance can lead to ambiguous or incomplete judgements on the rationales of...

Revisiting Organizational Legitimation Cognitive Diffusion and Sociopolitical Factors in the Evolution of Bulgarian Newspaper Enterprises, 1846-1992 [*].(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... Abstract Arguments about constitutive and sociopolitical legitimation of organizational forms are applied to studying the evolutionary dynamics of the Bulgarian newspaper industry as it transitioned through multiple political and...

Power, Identity and New Technology Homework: Implications for 'New Forms' of Organizing [*].(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... Abstract This paper reports on research which tracked the experience of a group of professional workers as they moved from being conventional office workers to becoming homeworkers where they used the new information and communication...

Strategic Alliances and the Learning Life-cycle of Biotechnology Firms [*].(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... Abstract Strategic alliances in the biotechnology industry are used as an inter-organizational learning device, in addition to their ability to provide financial resources, vertical and horizontal integration facilities, and legitimacy to...

Institutionalization and Bargaining Power Explanations of HRM Practices in International Joint Ventures -- The Case of Chinese--Western Joint Ventures [*].(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... Abstract The human resource management (HRM) practices associated with local professionals and managerial-level employees in international joint ventures are analyzed in a study of 63 Chinese-Western joint ventures. Over all, the HRM...

Being Local Worldwide. ABB and the Challenge of Global Management.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Jacques Betanger, Christian Berggren, Torsten Bjorkman and Christoph Kohler (eds.): Being Local Worldwide. ABB and the Challenge of Global Management 1999 Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 282 pages. This book aims to give...

The Changing Boundaries of the Firm. Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Massimo G. Colombo (ed.): The Changing Boundaries of the Firm. Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations 1998, London: Routlege. 264 pages. This book presents an interesting and, in itself, well-balanced selection of papers on various...

Body and Organization.(Review)
May 1, 2001... John Hassard, Ruth Holliday and Hugh Willmott (eds.): Body and Organization 2000, London: Sage. 254 pages. My gut reaction to this book is this: By now we know what to expect when we see a book called 'X and Organization'. X can be...

Organizational Dimensions of Global Change -- No Limits to Cooperation.(Review)
May 1, 2001... David L. Cooperrider and Jane E. Dutton: Organizational Dimensions of Global Change -- No Limits to Cooperation 1999, London: Sage. 404 pages. Organizational Dimensions of Global Change is the first book in a new series designed to...

Information for Innovation -- Managing Change from an Information Perspective.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Stuart MacDonald: Information for Innovation -- Managing Change from an Information Perspective 1998, New York: Oxford University Press. 290 pages. The author starts from the observation that information is not taken seriously. Much is...

Making Managers in Universities and Colleges.(Review)
May 1, 2001... C. Pritchard: Making Managers in Universities and Colleges 2000, Buckingham: Open University Press. 242 pages. This book is based upon interviews with more than 70 holders of senior university posts. It discusses the development and...

From Control to Drift -- The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures.(Review)
May 1, 2001... C.U. Ciborra (ed.): From Control to Drift -- The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 246 pages. From Control to Drift -- The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures...

Organizations in Depth.(Review)
May 1, 2001... Yiannis Gabriel: Organizations in Depth 1999, London: Sage. 338 pages. Yiannis Gabriel's Organizations in Depth aims to provide a systematic examination of the insights that the fields of psychoanalysis and psychodynamics contribute to...