Firm selection: An integrative perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 393-417

  Durand, Rodolphe ^a  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Evolutionary economics; Population ecology; Resource based view; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039741425     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840601223001     Document Type: Review

References (92)

1. Abernathy, William, and James M. Utterback 1978 'Patterns of innovation in technology'. Technology Review 80/ 7: 40-47.
2. Aldrich, Howard E. 1979 Organizations and environments. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
3. Aldrich, Howard E. 2000 Organizations evolving. London: Sage.
4. Aldrich, Howard E, and Amy L. Kenworthy 1999 'The accidental entrepreneur: Campbellian antinomies and organizational foundings' in Variations in organization science. J.A.C. Baum and B. McKelvey (eds.): 19-34. London: Sage.
5. Amburgey, Terry L., Dacin, Tina, and Kelly Dawn 1994 'Disruptive selection and population segmentation: interpopulation competition as a segregation process' in Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. Baum J.A.C. and J. Singh (eds.), 240-255. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
6. Barnett, William 1990 'The organizational ecology of technological system'. Administrative Science Quarterly 35/1: 31-60.
7. Barnett, William, and Michael T. Hansen 1996 'The red queen in organizational evolution'. Strategic Management Journal 17: 139-157.
8. Barney, Jay 1986 'Strategic factor markets: expectations, luck, and business strategy'. Management Science 42: 1231-1241.
9. Barney, Jay 1991 'Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage'. Journal of Management 17: 99-120.
10. Baum, Joel A.C. 1999 'Evolutionary dynamics of organization'. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL, August; Thematic session on 'Macro-level perspectives on organizational change and development'.
11. Baum, Joel A.C., and Bill McKelvey 1999 Variations in organization science. London: Sage.
12. Baum, Joel A.C., and Christine Oliver 1991 'Institutional linkages and organizational mortality'. Administrative Science Quarterly 36: 187.
13. Baum, Joel A.C., and Jitendra V. Singh 1994a Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
14. Baum, Joel A.C., and Jitendra V. Singh 1994b 'Organization-environment co-evolution' in Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. J.A.C. Baum and J. Singh (eds.), 379-403. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15. Baum, Joel A.C., and Jitendra V. Singh 1994c 'Organizational niches and the dynamics of organizational mortality'. American Journal of Sociology 94.
16. Boeker, Warren 1991 'Organizational strategy : an ecological perspective'. Academy of Management Journal 34: 613.
17. Brittain, Jack W. 1994 'Density-independent selection and community evolution' in Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. J.A.C. Baum and J. Singh (eds.), 355-378. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
18. Campbell, Donald T. 1965 'Variation and selective retention in socio-cultural evolution' in Social change in developing areas: a reinterpretation of evolutionary theories. H.R. Barringer, G.I. Blanksten, and R. Mack (eds.), 19-48. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman.
19. Campbell, Donald T. 1974 ' "Downward causatio" in hierarchically organized biological systems' in Studies in the philosophy of biology. F. Ayala and T. Dobzhansky (eds.), 179-186. London: Macmillan.
20. Campbell, Donald T. 1990 'Levels of organization, downward causation, and the selection-theory approach to evolutionary epistemology' in Theories of the evolution of knowing, Vol 4. G. Greenberg and E. Tobach (eds.), 1-17. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
21. Campbell, Donald T. 1994 'How individual and face-to-face group selection undermine firm selection in organizational evolution' in Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. J.A.C. Baum and J. Singh (eds.), 23-38. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
22. Carroll, Glenn R. 1985 'Concentration and specialization: dynamics of niche width in populations of organization'. American Journal of Sociology 90: 1262-1283.
23. Carroll, Glenn R., and Michael T. Hannan 1989 'Density delay in the evolution of organizational populations : a model and five empirical tests'. Administrative Science Quarterly 34: 411.
24. Chen, Ming-Jen 1996 'Competitor analysis and interfirm rivalry: Toward a theoretical integration'. Academy of Management. Academy of Management Review 21: 100-134.
25. Child, John 1997 'Strategic choice in the analysis of action, structure, organizations and environment: Retrospect and prospect'. Organization Studies 18/1: 43-76.
26. Cohen, William, and Daniel Levinthal 1990 'Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation'. Administrative Science Quarterly 35: 128-152.
27. Cowan, Robin, and S. Hublen 1994 'Accumulation regimes and technological choices: petrol cars vs electrical vehicles' in Proceedings of the Eunetics Conference, Strasbourg.
28. Dierickx, Ingmar, and Karel Cool 1989 'Asset stock accumulation and sustainability of competitive advantage'. Management Science 35: 1504-1511.
29. Dosi, Giovanni 1982 'Technological paradigms and technological trajectories: a suggested interpretation of the determinants and directions of technical change'. Research Policy 11: 147-162.
30. Dosi, Govianni 1988 'Sources, procedures, and micro-effects of innovation'. Journal of Economic Litterature 26: 1120-1171.
31. Dosi, Giovanni, and Richard Nelson 1994 'An introduction to evolutionary theories in economies'. Journal of Evolutionary Economics 4: 153-172.
32. Dosi, Giovanni, Luigi Marengo, and G. Fagiolo 1996 'Learning in evolutionary environments', Communication to the 6th International J. Schumpeter Society conference, Stockholm, May 1996.
33. Durand, Rodolphe 1999 'The relative contributions of inimitable, non transferable and non substitutable resources to profitability and market performance' in Dynamic strategic resources. Michael Hitt, Patricia Clifford, Robert Nixon, and Kevin Coyne (eds.), 67-95. Chichester. Wiley.
34. Durand, Rodolphe, and R. Coeurderoy 2001 'Age, order of entry, strategic orientation, and organizational performance'. Journal of Business Venturing 16/5: 471-494.
35. Foss, Nicolai 1996a 'Knowledge-based approaches to the theory of the firm: some critical comments' and 'More critical comments on knowledge-based theories of the firm'. Organization Science 5: 470-476 and 519-523.
36. Foss, Nicolai 1996b 'Research in strategy, economics and Michael Porter'. Journal of Management Studies 33: 1-24.
37. Foss, Nicolai, and Bo Eriksen 1995 'Competitive advantage and firm capabilities' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 43-70. Boston: Kluwer.
38. Foss, Nicolai, Christian Knudsen, and Cynthia Montgomery 1995 'An exploration of common grounds: integrating evolutionary and strategic theories of the firm' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 1-19. Boston: Kluwer.
39. Freeman, John 1995 'Business strategy from the population level' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 219-250. Boston: Kluwer.
40. Freeman, John, and Michael T. Hannan 1983 'Niche width and the dynamics of organizational populations'. American Journal of Sociology 88: 1116-1145.
41. Ghemawat, Pankaj 1991 Commitment, the dynamic of strategy. New York: Free Press.
42. Grant, Richard 1996 'Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm'. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 109-122.
43. Hannan, Michael T., and John Henry Freeman 1977 'The population ecology of organizations'. American Journal of Sociology 82: 929.
44. Hannan, Michael T., and John Henry Freeman 1984 'Structural inertia and organizational change'. American Sociological Review 49: 149.
45. Hannan, Michael T., and John Henry Freeman 1989 Organizational ecology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
46. Henderson, Rebecca, and Clark K. Burton 1990 'Architectural innovation: the reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms'. Administrative Science Quarterly 35: 9-30.
47. Henderson, Rebecca, and Ian Cockburn 1994 'Measuring competence? Exploring firm effects in pharmaceutical research'. Strategic Management Journal 15: 63-84.
48. Hrebiniak, Lawrence G., and William F. Joyce 1985 'Organizational adaptation, strategic choice and environmental determinism'. Administrative Science Quarterly 30: 336-356.
49. Iansiti, Marco, and Clark K. Burton 1994 'Integration and dynamic capability: evidence from product development in automo-biles and mainframe computers'. Industrial and Corporate Change 3: 557-605.
50. Iansiti, Marco, and T. Khanna 1995 Technological Evolution, system architecture and the obsolescence of firm capabilities'. Industrial and Corporate Change 4/2: 333-361.
51. Kelly, Dawn, and Terry Amburgey 1991 'Organizational inertia and momentum: a dynamic model of strategic change'. Academy of Management Journal 34: 591-612.
52. Kuhn, Thomas 1965 The structure of scientific revolution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
53. Levinthal, Daniel A. 1995 'Strategic management and the exploration of diversity' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 20-42. Boston: Kluwer.
54. Levinthal, Daniel A., and James G. March 1993 'The myopia of learning'. Strategic Management Journal 14: 95-113.
55. Lewin, Arie, and Henk Volberda 1999 'Prolegomena on coevolution: a framework for research on strategy and new organizational forms'. Organization Science 10: 519-534.
56. Lewin, Arie, Chris, Long, and Timothy Carroll 1999 'The co-evolution of new organizational forms'. Organization Science 10: 535-550.
57. Lieberman, Marvin, and Daniel Montgomery 1988 'First mover advantages'. Strategic Management Journal 9: 41-59.
58. Mahoney, Joseph, and Rajendran Pandian 1992 'The resource-based view within the conversation of strategic management'. Strategic Management Journal 13: 363-380.
59. Makadok, Richard 1999 'Inter-firm differences in scale economies and the evolution of market shares'. Strategic Management Journal 20: 935-952.
60. March, James G. 1991 'Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning'. Organization Science 2/1: 71-87.
61. Miller, Danny, and Peter Friesen 1984 Organizations: a quantum view. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
62. Miner, Anne S. 1994 'Seeking adaptative advantage' in Evolutionary dynamics of organizations. J.A.C. Baum and J. Singh (eds.), 76-89. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
63. Miner, Anne S., Terry L., Amburgey, and T.M. Steams 1990 'Interorganizational linkages and population dynamics: buffering and transformational shields'. Administrative Science Quarterly 35: 689.
64. Mitchell, Will 1991 'Dual clocks: entry order influences on incumbent and newcomer market share and survival when specialized assets retain their value'. Strategic Management Journal 12: 85.
65. Moran, Peter, and Sumantra Ghoshal 1999 'Markets, firms, and the process of economic development'. Academy of Management Review 24: 390-412.
66. Nelson, Richard 1991 'Why do firms differ, and how does it matter?'. Strategic Management Journal 12: 61-74.
67. Nelson, Richard, and Sidney Winter 1977 'In search on a useful theory of innovation'. Research Policy 7: 36-76.
68. Nelson, Richard, and Sidney Winter 1982 An evolutionary theory of economic change. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
69. Penrose, Edith 1959 The theory of the growth of the firm. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
70. Peteraf, Margaret 1993 'The cornerstones of competitive advantage: a resource-based view'. Strategic Management Journal 14: 179-191.
71. Porter, Michael 1991 'Towards a dynamics theory of strategy'. Strategic Management Journal 12:95-117.
72. Rosenbloom, Richard, and Clayton Christensen 1994 'Technological discontinuities organizational capabilities, and strategic commitments'. Industrial and Corporate Change 3: 655-686.
73. Rosenbloom, Richard, and Michael Cusumano 1987 'Technological pioneering: the birth of the VCR industry'. California Management Review 29/4: 51-76.
74. Rosenberg, Nathan 1976 Perspective on technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
75. Rumelt, Richard 1995 'Inertia and transformation' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 101-132. Dordrecht/Boston: Kluwer.
76. Sanchez, Ron 1995 'Strategic flexibility in product competition'. Strategic Management Journal 16: 135-159.
77. Sanchez, Ron, and Joseph Mahoney 1996 'Modularity, flexibility, and knowledge management in product and organization design'. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 63-76.
78. Spender, J-C. 1996 'Making knowledge the basis of a dynamic theory of the firm'. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 45-62.
79. Suarez, Fernando, and James Utterback 1995 'Dominant designs and the survival of firms'. Strategic Management Journal 16: 415-430.
80. Szulanski, Gabriel 1996 'Exploring internal stickiness: impediments to the transfer of best practice within the firm'. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 27-43.
81. Teece, David, and Gary Pisano 1994 'The dynamic capabilities of firms: an introduction'. Industrial and Corporate Change 3: 537-556.
82. Teece, David, Gary Pisano, and Amy Schuen 1997 'Dynamic capabilities and strategic management'. Strategic Management Journal 18: 509-535.
83. Tegarden, Linda, Donald E. Hartfield, and Ann Echols 1999 'Doomed from the start: what is the value of selecting a future dominant design'. Strategic Management Journal 20: 495-518.
84. Tsoukas, Haridimos 1996 'The firm as a distributed knowledge system: a constructionist approach'. Strategic Management Journal 17 (Winter Special Issue): 11-25.
85. Tushman, Michael, and Philip Andersen 1986 'Technological discontinuities and organizational environments'. Administrative Science Quarterly 31: 439-465.
86. Tushman, Michael, and Elaine Romanelli 1994 'Organizational transformation as punctuated equilibrium: An empirical test'. Academy of Management Journal 37: 1141-1168.
87. Tushman, Michael, and Lori Rosenkopf 1992 'Organizational determinants of technological change: towards a sociology of technological evolution'. Research in Organization Behavior 14: 311-347.
88. Weick, Karl.E. 1979 The social psychology of organizing. Bloomington, IN: Addison Wesley.
89. Wernerfelt, Birger 1984 'A resource-based view of the firm'. Strategic Management Journal 5: 171-180.
90. Winter, Sidney 1995 'Four Rs of profitability: rents, resources, routines and replication' in Resource-based and evolutionary theories of the firm. C. Montgomery (ed.), 147-178. Dordrecht/ Boston: Kluwer.
91. Winter, Sidney, and Gabriel Szulanski 1999 'Replication as strategy'. Working paper, Wharton Business School.
92. Wholey, Douglas, R. and Jack W. Brittain 1989 'Characterizing organizational change'. Academy of Management Journal 32: 862-882.