The current model of corporate governance needs reform. There is mounting evidence that the practices of shareholder primacy drive company directors and executives to adopt the same short time horizon as financial markets. Pressure to meet the demands of the financial markets drives stock...

In this introductory article to the Special Issue we make a case for the study of ‘field-configuring events’ (FCEs). We begin with a discussion of the nature and character of FCEs. We next situate the study of FCEs in the context of ongoing research addressing the growth and evolution of...

Our knowledge-based society is pressing universities to transform from monastic scholarly enclaves into producers of new technologies and incubators of start-up firms. However, converting scientists’ curiosity-driven discoveries into commercially viable innovations has proven so difficult that...

In this introductory article to the Special Issue we make a case for the study of ‘Field-Configuring Events’ (FCEs). We begin with a discussion of the nature and character of FCEs. We next situate the study of FCEs in the context of ongoing research addressing the growth and evolution of...

The organizational change literature contains diverse characterizations of change processes with contradictory implications for strategic managers. Many inconsistencies are resolved by classifying models of organizational change according to the primary mode of change (continuous or...

This study examined the assimilation of innovations into organizations, a process unfolding in a series of decisions to evaluate, adopt, and implement new technologies. Assimilation was conceptualized as a nine-step process and measured by tracking 300 potential adoptions through organizations...

This paper examines organizational adaptations to an environmental jolt -- a sudden and unprecedented event (in this case, a doctors' strike) that created a natural experiment within a group of hospitals. Although adaptations were diverse and appeared anomalous, they are elucidated by...