Until 1993, all liquor stores in the Canadian province of Alberta were government owned and run. In the fall of 1993, the provincial government exited liquor retailing, all government stores were shut down, and entrepreneurs were allowed to open private liquor stores. In this article, we take...

Organizational mortality events are better understood than the process by which organizations cease to be. Complementing research on organizing, we theorize about disorganizing. We propose that disorganizing organizations attempt to avoid mortality by reducing audience engagement. We also...

We argue that established firms, including industry incumbents and diversifying entrants, play vital all underemphasized roles as the sources of major innovations in many industries The study presents empirical evidence showing that established firms are often sources of major innovations in the...