Dynamics of Organizational Populations

"What makes the book impressive is the systematic and comparative study of long-term histories of organizational populations in term of counts."--Organization Studies "This is a provocative, sometimes delicious, and sometimes puzzling book....It is a lively book that describes a body of sustained empirical work, raises important methodological questions, and, undoubtedly, will stimulate further research."--Academy of Management Review "Hannan and Carroll have written a first-rate piece of work. Their book should be required reading not only for organizational sociologists, but also for those interested more generally in the dynamics of social change."--Contemporary Sociology "Quite an interesting and ambitious project and a valuable contribution to the literature on the social ecology of organizations."--Choice "What makes the book impressive is the systematic and comparative study of long-term histories of organizational populations in term of counts."--Organization Studies "This is a provocative, sometimes delicious, and sometimes puzzling book....It is a lively book that describes a body of sustained empirical work, raises important methodological questions, and, undoubtedly, will stimulate further research."--Academy of Management Review "Hannan and Carroll have written a first-rate piece of work. Their book should be required reading not only for organizational sociologists, but also for those interested more generally in the dynamics of social change."--Contemporary Sociology "Quite an interesting and ambitious project and a valuable contribution to the literature on the social ecology of organizations."--Choice