In this paper, we build on a detailed case study and the theories of evolution in social and
cultural systems and intraorganizational ecology to develop a model of strategy as guided …

This article introduces a new ecological approach to the study of form emergence based on
the notion of an organizational community—a bounded set of forms with related identities …

The concept of a community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory.
Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a …

Organizational institutionalism grew from observations of a widespread expansion,
rationalization and homogenization of organizations across sectors and continents …

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 …

We examine the progress of the evolutionary research on innovation, the firm, and the
dynamics of industries in the last four decades. The paper acknowledges that the themes …

The emergence of novelty, especially of new categories of people and organizations, is
undertheorized in the social sciences. Some social worlds are more hospitable to novel …

Cultures change, but they also stay the same. Sociologists and anthropologists have studied
their evolution (eg, Sahlins and Service, 1960; Sorokin, 1937; White, 1959), documented …

One of the biggest challenges of conducting insightful, informative, and impactful research
on groups is effectively dealing with the multiple levels that comprise group phenomena …

The study of institutions has a long history, but recent efforts stress the significance of
symbolic elements in shaping social life. Although institutional processes and structures …