The Demography of Corporations and Industries:

Glenn R. Carroll; Michael T. Hannan

Published by Princeton University Press 2000

The Demography of Corporations and Industries

Glenn R. Carroll and Michael T. Hannan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186795

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About this book

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 internal organizational structures or as complex systems of financial contracts. Glenn Carroll and Michael Hannan bring fresh insight to our understanding of corporations and the industries they comprise by looking beyond prototypical structures to focus on the range and diversity of organizations in their social and economic setting. The result is a rich rendering of analysis that portrays whole populations and communities of corporations.

The Demography of Corporations and Industries is the first book to present the demographic approach to organizational studies in its entirety. It examines the theory, models, methods, and data used in corporate demographic research. Carroll and Hannan explore the processes by which corporate populations change over time, including organizational founding, growth, decline, structural transformation, and mortality. They review and synthesize the major theoretical mechanisms of corporate demography, ranging from aging and size dependence to population segregation and density dependence. The book also explores some selected implications of corporate demography for public policy, including employment and regulation.

In this path-breaking book, Carroll and Hannan demonstrate why demographic research on corporations is important; describe how to conduct demographic research; specify fruitful areas of future research; and suggest how the demographic perspective can enrich the public discussion of issues surrounding the corporation in our constantly evolving industrial society. All researchers and analysts with an interest in this topic will find The Demography of Corporations and Industries an invaluable resource.

Author information

Glenn R. Carroll is the Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Michael T. Hannan is the StrataCom Professor of Management and Professor of Sociology at Stanford University.

Reviews

The Demography of Corporations and Industries [is] . . . the reference book on the subject.---Hallie J. Kintner, Population Studies

Destined to become the standard reference . . . Caroll and Hannan admirably chronicle the first steps toward legitimizing organizational demography as a distinct specialist form.---David Knoke, American Journal of Sociology

Glenn R. Carroll and Michael T. Hannan, Co-Winners of the 2002 Max Weber Award

A compelling contribution that is destined to be a mandatory addition to the bookshelves of the beginner and the advanced scholar and a testament to the vigor and reach of the ecological program of research.---Hayagreeva Rao, Administrative Science Quarterly

This is one of the most scientific textbooks in the field. . . . [It] serves as an (almost) ideal example for students and scholars alike, and it is highly relevant for nearly everybody interested in organizations, policy, management, strategy, and contingency. Students of modernity will also find much of interest.---Jeroen Bruggeman, Contemporary Sociology

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
Part I.THE CASE FOR CORPORATE DEMOGRAPHY
1. About Organizations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Demographic Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3. Toward a Corporate Demography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
4. Forms and Populations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Part II.METHODS OF CORPORATE DEMOGRAPHY
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6. Analyzing Vital Rates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
7. Modeling Corporate Vital Rates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
8. Demographic Data Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Part III. POPULATION PROCESSES
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10. Density-Dependent Processes I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
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12. Segregating Processes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Part IV.ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES
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16. Organizational Transformation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Part V.SELECTED IMPLICATIONS
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18.Regulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
19. Employment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
20. Organizational Diversity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439
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