Dynamics of Organizational Populations - Density, Legitimation and Competition

Zusatztext `What makes the book ... impressive is the systematic and comparative study of long-term histories of organizational populations in term of counts.'Organization Studies Klappentext Why does the number of organizations of any given kind vary over time? Utilizing a diverse group of organizations including national labor unions! newspapers and newspaper publishers! brewing firms! life insurance companies! and banks! this book seeks to deepen and broaden the understanding of change in organizational populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations. Such an approach involves explaining the sources of growth and decline in the sum of organizations (what the authors call "density") over the histories of populations of organizations. The authors conclude their study by formulating a theory of density-dependent legitimation and competition. Zusammenfassung This study aims to broaden the general understanding of change in organizational populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations. The authors examine labour unions, newspapers, publishing, brewing firms, life insurance companies and banks.

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• Authors: Glenn R. Carroll, Glenn R. (Cortese Professor of Management Carroll, Carroll Glenn R., Michael T. Hannan, Michael T. (Scarborough Professor of Socia Hannan, Michael T. (Scarborough Professor of Social Science Hannan, Michael T. Carroll Hannan, Hannan Michael T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.01.1992
• EAN: 9780195071917
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507191-7
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Organizational theory & behaviour, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Organizational theory and behaviour