All Outputs (6)

The organizational niche (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Carroll, G., & Pólos, L. (2003). The organizational niche. Sociological Theory, 21(4), 309-340. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-9558.2003.00192.x

Although the concept of niche has been extremely useful in sociological theory and research, some aspects of the concept have not been clearly developed. This article advances a theoretical reconstruction of the concept of niche, with special applica... Read More about The organizational niche.

The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48(3), 399-432. https://doi.org/10.2307/3556679

Initial architectural change in organizations often induces other subsequent changes, generating lengthy cascades of changes in subordinate units. This article extends a formal model of cascading organizational change by examining the implications fo... Read More about The fog of change: opacity and asperity in organizations.

Cascading organizational change (2003)
Journal Article
Hannan, M., Pólos, L., & Carroll, G. (2003). Cascading organizational change. Organization Science, 14(5), 463-482. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.14.5.463.16763

This article develops a formal theory of the structural aspects of organizational change. It concentrates on changes in an organization's architecture, depicted as a code system. It models the common process whereby an initial architectural change pr... Read More about Cascading organizational change.

Size (and competition) among organizations: Modeling scale-based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885-1981 (2003)
Journal Article
Dobrev, S., & Carroll, G. (2003). Size (and competition) among organizations: Modeling scale-based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885-1981. Strategic Management Journal, 24(6), 541-558. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.317

Based on previous empirical research, size is perhaps the most powerful explanatory organizational covariate in strategic analysis. We suggest that theoretical arguments about size be examined carefully to specify models with explicit comparison sets... Read More about Size (and competition) among organizations: Modeling scale-based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885-1981.

Shifting gears, shifting niches: Organizational inertia and change in the evolution of the US automobile industry, 1885-1981 (2003)
Journal Article
Dobrev, S., Kim, T., & Carroll, G. (2003). Shifting gears, shifting niches: Organizational inertia and change in the evolution of the US automobile industry, 1885-1981. Organization Science, 14(3), 264-282. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.14.3.264.15163

We examine how experiential learning affects organizational change and its consequences on firm mortality. We develop hypotheses about the interactions of experiences with a specific type of organizational change on the one hand, and environmental st... Read More about Shifting gears, shifting niches: Organizational inertia and change in the evolution of the US automobile industry, 1885-1981.

In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form (2003)
Journal Article
McKendrick, D., Jaffee, J., Carroll, G., & Khessina, O. (2003). In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48(1), 60-93. https://doi.org/10.2307/3556619

This article develops and tests theory on when and where a new organizational form will emerge. Recent theory holds that as the number of organizations using a particular external identity code first increases beyond a critical minimal level, the cod... Read More about In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form.