CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS = xiii
INTRODUCTION : ECONOMICS MEETS SOCIOLOGY IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT / Frank Dobbin ; Joel A.C. Baum = 1
PART Ⅰ. AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
ARTICLES
TOWARD AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF THE MULTIPRODUCT FIRM(Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1982) / David J. Teece = 29
THE SPREAD OF THE MULTIDIVISIONAL FORM AMONG LARGE FIRMS, 1919 - 1979(American Sociological Review, 1985) / Neil Fligstein = 55
ESSAYS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL PRESPECTIVES ON DIVERSIFICATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE / David J. Teece = 79
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO FIRM STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR / Neil Fligstein = 87
COMMENTARIES
DIFFERENTIATION IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS / John Freeman = 95
THE FACTS, NEIL SAID, NOTHING BUT THE FACTS... WHOSE PACTS? ANSWERED DAVID / Bruce Kogut = 103
FINAL WORDS
COMMON GROUND, DIFFERENT ASSUMPTIONS / David J. Teece = 111
COMPETITION, STABILITY, AND CONCEPTIONS OF CONTROL / Neil Fligstein = 115
PART Ⅱ. ALL HAPPY FIRMS ARE THE SAME
ARTICLES
THE DOMINANT LOGIC : A NEW LINKAGE BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND PERFORMANCE(Strategic Management Journal, 1986) / C.K. Prahalad ; Richard A. Bettis = 119
THE IRON CAGE REVISITED : INSTITUTIONAL ISOMORPHISM AND COLLECTIVE RATIONALITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL FIELDS(American Sociological Review, 1983) / Paul J. DiMaggio ; Walter W. Powell = 143
ESSAYS
THE IRON CAGE IS EMPTYING, THE DOMINAT LOGIC NO LONGER DOMINATES / Richard A. Bettis = 167
THE SOURCES OF MANAGERIAL LOGICS / Walter W. Powell = 175
COMMENTARIES
THE STRUCTURATION AND DESTRUCTURATION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL FIELDS / W. Richard Scott = 181
DOMINANT LOGIC AND THE IRON CAGE / Charles W.L. Hill = 187
FINAL WORDS
CAGES AND LOGICS : (HOPEFULLY NOT) THE LAST WORD / Richard A. Bettis = 193
THE LAST WORD? NOT A CHANCE / Walter W. Powell = 197
PART Ⅲ. WHERE ALL THE FIRMS ARE ABOVE AVERAGE
ARTICLES
FIRM RESOURCES AND SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE(Journal of Management, 1991) / Jay B. Barney = 203
SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATIONS(Handbook of or Organizations, 1965) / Arthur L. Stinchcombe = 229
ESSAYS
CONTEXT IS CRUCIAL : COMMONALITIES, DIFFERENCES, AND SUBTLE DIFFERENCES / Jay B. Barney = 261
ON EQUILIBRIUM, ORGANIZATIONAL FORM, AND COMPETITIVE STRATEGY / Arthur L. Stinchcombe = 271
COMMENTARIES
"LUCK,""LEADERSHIP" AND "STRATEGY" / Rebecca L. Henderson = 285
CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM / Christine Oliver = 291
FINAL WORDS
NOTHING PERMANENT : THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND LUCK IN RESOURCE-BASED LOGIC / Jay B. Barney = 297
CONTEXTS MAKE RESOURCES VALUABLE OR WORTHLESS : A REPLY TO BARNEY / Arthur L. Stinchcumbe = 301
UNIONS AND COIN TOSSING : A REPLY TO OLIVER AND HENDERSON / Arthur L. Stinchcombe = 303
PART Ⅳ. FINDING YOUR NICHE
ARTICLES
INTRAINDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND THE EASE OF STRATEGIC CHANGE(Review of Economics and Statistics, 1982) / Sharon M. Oster = 309
WHERE DO MARKETS COME FROM?(American Journal of Sociology, 1981) / Harrison C. White = 323
ESSAYS
IS THERE A FUTURE IN DIVERSITY? THE VIEW FROM ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY / Sharon M. Oster = 351
DOES THE EARLY BIRD GET THE WORM? / Harrison C. White = 359
COMMENTARIES
THE GREAT DISCIPLINARY DIVIDE / Wayne Baker = 367
THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IN ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, AND STRATEGY RESEARCH / Will Mitchell = 375
FINAL WORDS
THE DISCIPLINARY DIVIDE HAS BEEN BRIDGED / Sharon M. Oster = 385
SMALL NUMBERS, IN DEPTH / Harrison C. White = 387
EPILOGUE
DOING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT - WITHOUT A PARADIGM WAR / Joel A.C. Baum ; Frank Dobbin = 389