Darwinism and Organizational Ecology

Dollimore, Denise E.

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“…The approach of BM as a generative replicator, which we elaborate on, is characteristic of these ‘middle-range theories’ that Hodgson and Knudsen (2010) call for other scholars to develop (see also Dollimore, 2014b; Rod, 2018). From this perspective, we suggest defining BM as a coherent set of organizational dispositions hosted by an organization to energize conditional patterns of interactions between the members (individuals or groups) of this organization and the social entities (interactors) of its industrial environment (consumers, competitors, suppliers, partners, public authorities, etc.…”

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The business model as a generative replicator

Brette

Chassagnon

2021

Journal of Institutional Economics

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This paper proposes a new conceptualization of business model (BM) that rigorously exploits the important insights this notion offers and links them to related views developed in economics and business studies. We develop the foundations of a BM concept consistent with the principles of generalized Darwinism (GD) and with contributions already developed within this framework. Thus, we demonstrate the relevance of GD as a unifying framework for developing the evolutionary theory of firm and industry. We suggest analysing BM as a generative replicator hosted by the firm, which structures interactions between the members of this organization and the social entities of its industrial environment. We argue that GD allows us to clarify the nature and boundaries of the BM concept and to specify its relationships to other key evolutionary concepts, such as organizational routines.

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The business model as a generative replicator

Brette

Chassagnon

2021

Journal of Institutional Economics

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“…There is no reason to think that routines are transmitted preferably to organizations of the same kind or set…organizations or firms are interactors in the weak sense of entities interacting with their environment, but they are not interactors of the right sort, that is, interactors capable of forming evolving populations, because they do not reproduce their kind (Reydon and Scholz 2014 pp. 370-371 [emphasis in original]) In her reply, Dollimore (2014b) found no reason to address Reydon and Schulz (2014) observation that reproductive communities must be stable and buffered (i.e. relatively isolated) for differential retention to take effect over time.…”

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“…In this way, scientists draw out general principles unconstrained by the detailed mechanisms of any one domain and then formulate these at fairly high levels of abstraction (Dollimore 2014b p. 377).…”

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The Claims of Generalized Darwinism

Thomas

2017

Philosophy of Management

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“…Thomas argues that it is philosophically unnecessary (Thomas, 2018). There has been extensive debate as to whether new ideas from developmental biology change the premises of generalized Darwinism (Hodgson and Knudsen, 2012; Pelikan, 2008; Pelikan, 2011; Liagouras, 2013; Liagouras, 2017; Dollimore, 2014a; Dollimore, 2014b; Hodgson, 2013a; Reydon and Scholz, 2015; Scholz and Reydon, 2013). More broadly, Tang has argued that Generalized Darwinism might be subsumed into generalized evolutionism (Tang, 2017).…”

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Observations on the leadership of the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry from a generalized Darwinism perspective

Smith¹

2021

IJPHM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify leadership behaviours that appear to be salient in life science firms and to explain them as Darwinian adaptations to the particular characteristics of that industry. Design/methodology/approach This work used a pragmatist, inductive, mode 2 research methodology. The method used semi-structured, laddered, qualitative interviews with 23 individuals from 22 firms in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors. Findings The work found four aspects of the industry’s external environment that, collectively, distinguish it from other sectors. Further, it found four leadership behaviours that appear to be strongly characteristic of the industry. Further analysis revealed critical antecedents of these behaviours in the form of micro-foundations. Finally, these behaviours and their antecedents appeared to be a Darwinian adaptation to selection pressures created by the external environment. Research limitations/implications The findings of this work are limited to the life sciences sector and do not support generalization beyond this sector. The work has three implications. Firstly, that leadership behaviours can be seen as at least partly sector-specific. Secondly, that the specificity of leadership behaviours appears related to identifiable characteristics of the industry environment. Thirdly, that the principles of generalized Darwinism provide a useful lens for understanding leadership behaviour in this sector. Practical implications This work implies that leadership training and development should recognize the specific industry context of the leader and not assume that leadership behaviour is a general, non-specific set of behaviours. Further, the work implies that appropriate leadership can be more readily enabled by paying attention to certain micro-foundations. Originality/value This work is original in two ways. Firstly, it addresses the leadership behaviours of the life sciences sector specifically. No previous work has done this. Secondly, it applies generalized Darwinism to the topic of leadership, which has not been attempted previously.

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Darwinism and Organizational Ecology

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

The business model as a generative replicator

The business model as a generative replicator

The Claims of Generalized Darwinism

Observations on the leadership of the pharmaceutical and medical technology industry from a generalized Darwinism perspective

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