Blackwell Companion to Organizations

Joel A. C. Baum is Canadian National Chair in Strategy and Organization at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His research has been published in a wide range of prestigious management and social science journals. He is a member of the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal, Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Strategic Management, and founding co-editor of Strategic Organization – SO!.

• List of Figures viiiList of Tables ixContributors xiPreface xxviiHoward E. AldrichAcknowledgments xxxCompanion to Organizations: An Introduction 1Joel A. C. Baum and Tim J. RowleyPart I: Intraorganizational Level 351 Intraorganizational Institutions 37Kimberly D. Elsbach2 Intraorganizational Networks 58Holly Raider and David J. Krackhardt3 Intraorganizational Ecology 75D. Charles Galunic and John R. Weeks4 Intraorganizational Evolution 98Massimo Warglien5 Intraorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 119C. Marlene Fiol6 Intraorganizational Power and Dependence 138Daniel J. Brass Copyrighted Material7 Intraorganizational Technology 158Melissa A. Schilling8 Intraorganizational Learning 181Linda Argote and Ron Ophir9 Intraorganizational Complexity and Computation 208Kathleen M. Carley10 Intraorganizational Economics 233Edward J. Zajac and James D. WestphalPart II: Organizational Level 25711 Organizational Institutions 259Donald A. Palmer and Nicole Woolsey Biggart12 Organizational Networks 281Ranjay Gulati, Dania A. Dialdin, and Lihua Wang13 Organizational Ecology 304Joel A. C. Baum and Terry L. Amburgey Terry L. Amburgey and Jitendra V. Singh Theresa K. Lant16 Organizational Power and Dependence 363William Ocasio17 Organizational Technology 386Michael L. Tushman and Wendy Smith18 Organizational Learning 415Martin Schulz19 Organizational Complexity and Computation 442Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Mahesh M. Bhatia20 Organizational Economics 467Brian S. SilvermanPart III: Interorganizational Level 49521 Interorganizational Institutions 497David Strang and Wesley D. Sine22 Interorganizational Networks 520Wayne E. Baker and Robert R. Faulkner23 Interorganizational Ecology 541Hayagreeva Rao24 Interorganizational Evolution 557Henrich R. Greve25 Interorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 579Joseph F. Porac, Marc J. Ventresca, and Yuri Mishina26 Interorganizational Power and Dependence 599Mark S. Mizruchi and Mina Yoo27 Interorganizational Technology 621Toby E. Stuart28 Interorganizational Learning 642Paul Ingram29 Interorganizational Complexity and Computation 664Olav Sorenson30 Interorganizational Economics 686Arjen Van WitteloostuijnPart IV: Organizational Epistemology and Research Methods 71331 Updating Organizational Epistemology 715Jane Azevedo32 Contemporary Debates in Organizational Epistemology 733Mihnea C. Moldoveanu and Joel A. C. Baum33 Model-Centered Organization Science Epistemology 752Bill McKelvey34 Survey Research Methods 781David Knoke, Peter V. Marsden and Arne L. Kalleberg35 Archival Research Methods 805Marc J. Ventresca and John W. Mohr36 Simulation Research Methods 829Kevin Dooley37 Grounded Theory Research Methods 849Deborah Dougherty38 Field Research Methods 867Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott PooleAppendix: Glossary of Epistemology Terms 889Bill McKelveyIndex 899

"The book is absolutely outstanding! It is an intellectual tour de force by a stellar cast of more than 50 superb scholars. It achieves the impossible - both tremendous breadth and depth on the most important topics in organization theory today. No serious student of organizations can possibly do without this book." Christine Oliver, York University "The quality of the contributors and the intelligence of the comprehensive editorial framework assure that we have, at last, a worthy successor to March's classic Handbook of Organizations (1965). The commitment to a common enterprise, the connections constructed across levels of analysis, and a devotion to cumulative knowledge are welcome attributes of this valuable collection." W. Richard Scott, Stanford University "Baum has brought together a diverse and wily asemblage of authors to write a coherent book of the state of the art of organizations. The chapters show that organization studies has a defined frontier and research program." Bruce Kogut, University of Pennsylvania "...the volume reaches beyond its espoused role as a "companion" and provides a bold statement that we believe will help guide the next generation of organizational theory scholars and spark disquiet (and perhaps consternation) among organizational researchers who are at the margins of this movement." Administrative Science Quarterly