
Dynamics of Organizational Populations
Density, Legitimation and Competition
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 12. March 1992
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-507191-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to deepen and broaden the understanding of change in organization populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations. The authors have studied various kinds of organizations, including national labour unions, newspapers and newspaper publishers, brewing firms, life insurance companies, and banks.
Reviews / Votes
`What makes the book ... impressive is the systematic and comparative study of long-term histories of organizational populations in term of counts.'Organization Studies
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
647 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-507191-7 (9780195071917)
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Michael T. Hannan | Glenn R. Carroll
Dynamics of Organizational Populations
Density, Legitimation, and Competition
E-Book
01/1992
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€65.99
Available for download
Persons
Author
Scarborough Professor of Social Science, Department of Social ScienceScarborough Professor of Social Science, Department of Social Science, Cornell
Cortese Professor of ManagementCortese Professor of Management, Haas School of Business
Content
1: Introduction
2: Theoretical Approach
3: Models and Modeling Strategy
4: Density and Founding Rates
5: Interactions Between Subpopulations
6: Density and Organizational Mortality
7: Complications
8: Population Trajectories
9: Implications for Social Organization
Appendix A: Designs of Empirical Studies
Appendix B: Methods of Analysis
Appendix C: Simulation Program
2: Theoretical Approach
3: Models and Modeling Strategy
4: Density and Founding Rates
5: Interactions Between Subpopulations
6: Density and Organizational Mortality
7: Complications
8: Population Trajectories
9: Implications for Social Organization
Appendix A: Designs of Empirical Studies
Appendix B: Methods of Analysis
Appendix C: Simulation Program