Instead of examining why organizations are dissimilar, this study explores why organizations tend to be increasingly and inevitably homogenous in their forms and practices. Organizations in a similar line of work are structured into an organizational field by powerful forces that lead them to...

The development of collaborative network ties and configurations in the commercial biotechnology field is examined, in order to demonstrate how patterns and the logic of interaction and attachment emerge, take root, and shift over time. The ties between biotechnology firms, public research...