Dynamics of Organizational Populations Density, Legitimation, and Competition

Name: Dynamics of Organizational Populations Density, Legitimation, and Competition
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ISBN: 9780195071917

ISBN-10: 0195071913

ISBN-13: 9780195071917

Edition: 1992

Authors: Michael T. Hannan, Glenn R. Carroll

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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.

Book details

List price: $285.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/2/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.57" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Introduction


Organizational Populations Studied


Analytic Strategy


Relation to Other Theory and Research


The Plan of This Book



Theoretical Approach


Competition Processes


Legitimation Processes


Density, Competition, and Legitimation


Density Dependence in Vital Rates


Reversibility of Processes


Conclusion



Models and Modeling Strategy


Classical Models of Population Growth


Relating Vital Rates to Legitimation and Competition


Density Dependence in Founding Rates


Density Dependence in Mortality Rates


Interpretations of Density Dependence



Density and Founding Rates


Prior Research


Methodological Issues


Generalized-Yule and Log-Quadratic Models


Logistic and Gompertz Models


Theoretical Implications



Interactions Between Subpopulations


Multi-Population Models


Empirical Results



Density and Organizational Mortality


Prior Research


Results


Controls for Size and Total Mass


Implications of Unobserved Heterogeneity


Theoretical Implications



Complications


Levels of Analysis


Apparent Reversals


Left-truncated Observation Schemes



Population Trajectories


Simulation Methods


Simulating Historical Trajectories


Density Dependence


Discussion



Implications for Social Organization


Extending the Theory


Issues of Microfoundations


Applications to Other Types of Problems



Designs of Empirical Studies


Labor Unions


Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers


Brewing Firms


Banks


Life Insurance Companies



Methods of Analysis


Event Data and Stochastic Models of Vital Rates


Analysis of Organizational Founding Rates


Analysis of Rates of Organizational Mortality



Simulation Program


References


Name Index


Subject Index