Shifting gears, shifting niches: Organizational inertia and change in the evolution of the US automobile industry, 1885-1981

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dobrev, SD; Kim, TY; Carroll, GR
• 署名单位: University of Chicago; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.3.264.15163
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 264-282
• 关键词: inertia; organizational change; niche; automobile industry

摘要

We examine how experiential learning affects organizational change and its consequences on firm mortality. We develop hypotheses about the interactions of experiences with a specific type of organizational change on the one hand, and environmental stability, organizational size, and organizational niche width on the other hand. Our findings draw from analysis of the U.S. automobile industry between 1885 and 1981 and support the general prediction that process effects of change in the organizational core elevate the hazard of failure. We also find that a dynamic interpretation of organizational environments as comprised of other organizations helps to explicate the interplay between organization and environmental forces that shape the occurrence and outcome of transformation.