“…Organizational ecology "aims to explain how social, economic and political conditions affect the relative abundance and diversity of organizations and to account for changing composition over time." 16 Organizational ecology rejects the common understanding that institutional change occurs primarily through adaptation by existing organizations to new conditions. Instead, it emphasizes the process of selection: changes in the diversity and relative abundance of organizations stem from the entry and success of organizational forms well suited to the new conditions.…”
Section: These Developments Present a Compelling Puzzle: What Explainmentioning
“…Organizational ecology "aims to explain how social, economic and political conditions affect the relative abundance and diversity of organizations and to account for changing composition over time." 16 Organizational ecology rejects the common understanding that institutional change occurs primarily through adaptation by existing organizations to new conditions. Instead, it emphasizes the process of selection: changes in the diversity and relative abundance of organizations stem from the entry and success of organizational forms well suited to the new conditions.…”
Section: These Developments Present a Compelling Puzzle: What Explainmentioning
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