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The Population Ecology of Organizations
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In this paper, a population ecology perspective on organization-environment relations is proposed as an alternative to the dominant adaptation perspective, based on the strength of inertial pressures on organizational str...Abstract:
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The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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Building theories from case study research.
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Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers
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Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments
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The Economics of Organization: The Transaction Cost Approach
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The Strength of Weak Ties
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the degree of overlap of two individuals' friendship networks varies directly with the strength of their tie to one another, and the impact of this principle on diffusion of influence and information, mobility opportunity, and community organization is explored.
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The theory of the growth of the firm
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the role of large and small firms in a growing economy and found that large firms are more likely to acquire and merge smaller firms in order to increase their size.
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A Behavioral Theory of the Firm
Richard M. Cyert,James G. March +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors advocate a theory based on empirical observation of actual firm decision-making, which provides a theory of decision making within business organizations, contrary to the economic theory of the firm, which sees firms as profit-maximizing entities.
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The division of labor in society
TL;DR: The Division of Labor as discussed by the authors is one of the cornerstone texts of the sociological canon and has been updated and re-translated in this new edition, the first since 1984, by worldrenowned Durkheim scholar Steven Lukes revisits and revises the original translation to enhance clarity, accuracy, and fluency for the contemporary reader.
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