Investigates the processes in organizations that underlie the liability of newness--i.e., the higher propensity of younger organizations to die. Whether the liability of newness is due primarily to external factors or internal processes is examined by analyzing the event histories of...

chapter 1. Societal culture and leadership : GLOBE history, theory, and summary of previous findings -- chapter 2. Selective review of the literature on culture, leadership, and upper echelon theory -- chapter 3. Rationale, theoretical framework, hypotheses, research design, and snapshots of...