All Outputs (6)

Come together? The organizational dynamics of post-merger cultural integration (2002)
Journal Article
Carroll, G., & Harrison, J. (2002). Come together? The organizational dynamics of post-merger cultural integration. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 10(5-7), 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1569-190x%2802%2900090-4

Cultural integration of two organizations following an acquisition depends on the compatibility of the contents of their respective cultures as well as the demographic flows of persons into and out of the new entity. Conducting simulations using an e... Read More about Come together? The organizational dynamics of post-merger cultural integration.

The evolution of organizational niches: U.S. automobile manufacturers, 1885-1981 (2002)
Journal Article
Dobrev, S., T-y., K., & Carroll, G. (2002). The evolution of organizational niches: U.S. automobile manufacturers, 1885-1981. Administrative Science Quarterly, 47(2), 233-264. https://doi.org/10.2307/3094805

Although the niche figures prominently in contemporary theories of organization, analysts often fail to tie micro processes within the niche to long-term changes in the broader environment. In this paper, we advance arguments about the relationship b... Read More about The evolution of organizational niches: U.S. automobile manufacturers, 1885-1981.

Resource distributions and market partitioning: Dutch daily newspapers, 1968 to 1994 (2002)
Journal Article
Boone, C., Carroll, G., & van Witteloostuijn, A. (2002). Resource distributions and market partitioning: Dutch daily newspapers, 1968 to 1994. American Sociological Review, 67(3), 408-431. https://doi.org/10.2307/3088964

Resource-partitioning theory explains how, in heavily concentrated populations, specialist organizations arise and proliferate. The theory also addresses the process of market concentration itself, although far less attention has been devoted to the... Read More about Resource distributions and market partitioning: Dutch daily newspapers, 1968 to 1994.

The dynamics of cultural influence networks (2002)
Journal Article
Carroll, G. R., & Harrison, J. (2002). The dynamics of cultural influence networks. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 8(1), 5-30. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1015142219808

This article investigates the behavior of cultural influence networks over time, using a computer simulation based on a formal model of cultural transmission in organizations. In the formal model, every organizational member exerts some cultural infl... Read More about The dynamics of cultural influence networks.

Foundations of a theory of social forms (2002)
Journal Article
Polos, L., Hannan, M., & Carroll, G. (2002). Foundations of a theory of social forms. Industrial and Corporate Change, 11(1), 85-115. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/11.1.85

Sociologists frequently invoke the concept of form when analyzing organizations, collective action, art, music, culture and other phenomena. Nonetheless, the form concept has not received careful theoretical analysis, either generally or in specific... Read More about Foundations of a theory of social forms.

Organizational processes of resource partitioning (2002)
Journal Article
Carroll, G., Stanislav Dobrev, S., & Swaminathan, A. (2002). Organizational processes of resource partitioning. Research in Organizational Behavior, 24, 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0191-3085%2802%2924002-2

By the logic of many theories of organization, the dominance of large firms in an industry should hinder the emergence and operation of small specialist firms. Yet, in modern economies, a variety of industries display simultaneous trends of increased... Read More about Organizational processes of resource partitioning.