▪ Abstract Recent research on entrepreneurship by sociologists has focused on subsectors
of the discipline rather than on entrepreneurship as a class. This review draws insights from …

We develop an institutionally oriented theory of how and why local communities continue to
matter for organizations in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both …

This paper unpacks two underspecified facets of collaboration: cooperation and
coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, specifically partners' commitment …

Management innovation facilitates changes including technical innovation thus improving
organizational performance; Chinese firms typically adopt these management innovations …

This paper challenges the prevalent notion that family-owned firms are more risk averse
than publicly owned firms. Using behavioral theory, we argue that for family firms, the …

This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare
and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations. This book is a valuable tool …

The growing number of voluntary standards for governing transnational arenas is presenting
standards organizations with a problem. While claiming that they are pursuing shared …

This new edition of the successful textbook Organization Theories discusses various
approaches to theory formation in organization research, offers a critical presentation of the …

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Organizations Structures, Processes, and Outcomes Tenth Edition Pamela S. Tolbert Professor …

Most analysts of corporations and industries adopt the focal perspective of a single
prototypical organization. Many analysts also study corporations primarily in terms of their …