Recent network arguments advance theory on inequality and comparative advantage by using structural autonomy to investigate the effects of social capital on performance. These network approaches update the theory and methodology of centrality analysis, but at the same time are subject to...

This paper develops organizational field approaches to understand industry evolution. We address issues of how state activities, collective action, and institutional entrepreneurship shape competitive space and facilitate industry formation in the online database services industry. We test...

Curbside recycling programs grew fivefold betweeen 1988 and 1995, yet recycling as practical activity is contested on both ecological and economic criteria. This paper develops arguments at the intersection of organizational and social movements analysis to develop understanding of how broader...

Recent research develops theory and evidence to understand how organizations come to be seen as “actors” with specified features and properties, a core concern for phenomenological institutionalism. The authors use evidence from changes in research designs in the organizational study of...