How do institutions influence and shape cognition and action in individuals and
organizations, and how are they in turn shaped by them? Various social science disciplines …

Across the developed world, the last 50 years have seen a dramatic wave of municipal
mergers, often motivated by a quest for economies of scale. Re-examining the theoretical …

The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues
over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and …

A quest to explain institutional change that gave rise to a new economic order is complex
and challenging. This book reports the results of a six-year (2005–2011) study that aims to …

Although the question of optimal school size has never attained the magnitude or intensity of
other national debates on public education, educators do not agree on what constitutes the …

This paper examines the relationship between organizational size and change. If
organizational size indicates political insulation and degree of bureaucratization, then large …

This brief, interpretive history of American schooling focuses on the evolving relationship
between education and social change. Like its predecessors, this new edition investigates …

The contents of this book reflect my academic interests in local government, public choice
theory and research methodology. During the last ten years, my work on these topics has …

This article explores the motivations that high-status firms have to enter exchange
relationships with lower-status partners. We argue that high-status firms can secure greater …

We reexamine and extend the antecedents of strategic reorientation, a change in strategy
combined with change in at least two of organization structure, power distribution and …