We review institutional theory to assess the direction of theory and research on institutional structures and processes. Our primary goal is to suggest an overall frame within which a coherent and interrelated body of theory and research might develop that would address institutional processes...

This paper examines the organizational arrangements used by New Biotechnology Firms (NBFs) to source scientific knowledge. Using data from two highly successful NBFs, the paper shows that both firms relied principally on hierarchies and networks to source scientific knowledge; market arrangements...

In this paper, the author examines the relationship between "post-industrialism" and patterns of social organization that may be observed among international migrants at the micro-level; more specifically, the connection between certain aspects of post-industrial technology such as innovations...

John Gillingham, Department of History, University of Missouri - St. Louis, talked about the history of European integration, the roots of its current problems, and implications for its future. He argued that shared political principles rather than economic interests should be the rationale for...

The current paper explores the relation of mothers' employment status to a variety of factors relevant to the home environment, particularly those that may directly affect the emotional and cognitive development of children in these families. The results are based on secondary analyses of data...

This paper is a reflection on several years' struggle to establish a federation of housing cooperatives in a low-income, multi-ethnic, bilingual community in Los Angeles. The history of this organization has significant implications for the study of multicultural organization in general, and for...

This paper recognizes the increasing burden being placed on those who design and program instruments for Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) systems, and proposes certain enhancements to CAT1 instrument management capabilities that should be useful in easing this burden. The...

Juan Cole, Department of History, University of Michigan, and Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, talked about the establishment of a democratic system in Iraq and the future of the country. The accompanying audio files provide the complete recording and audience discussion...

Recently we set out to examine in a novel way the connections between what people see in local newscasts and what they think about juvenile crime. We designed an experiment to assess the impact of the "superpredator news frame" in which the only difference between what groups of viewers saw in a...

To understand the patterns and possible consequences of Latino suburbanization, it is necessary to comprehend the historical demographic processes which have resulted in this centralization (urbanization) and decentralization (intra-metropolitan dispersion). This paper will describe these...