Drawing on the research of more than 50 influential international scholars, this extensive interdisciplinary survey consolidates and evaluates what is known and not known about organizations, and critically examines how we learn about and study them. Contributors include 50 influential international scholars.

List of Figures viii List of Tables ix Contributors xi Preface xxvii Howard E. Aldrich Acknowledgments xxx Companion to Organizations: An Introduction 1 Joel A. C. Baum and Tim J. Rowley Part I: Intraorganizational Level 35 1 Intraorganizational Institutions 37 Kimberly D. Elsbach 2 Intraorganizational Networks 58 Holly Raider and David J. Krackhardt 3 Intraorganizational Ecology 75 D. Charles Galunic and John R. Weeks 4 Intraorganizational Evolution 98 Massimo Warglien 5 Intraorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 119 C. Marlene Fiol 6 Intraorganizational Power and Dependence 138 Daniel J. Brass 7 Intraorganizational Technology 158 Melissa A. Schilling 8 Intraorganizational Learning 181 Linda Argote and Ron Ophir 9 Intraorganizational Complexity and Computation 208 Kathleen M. Carley 10 Intraorganizational Economics 233 Edward J. Zajac and James D. Westphal Part II: Organizational Level 257 11 Organizational Institutions 259 Donald A. Palmer and Nicole Woolsey Biggart 12 Organizational Networks 281 Ranjay Gulati, Dania A. Dialdin, and Lihua Wang 13 Organizational Ecology 304 Joel A. C. Baum and Terry L. Amburgey Terry L. Amburgey and Jitendra V. Singh Theresa K. Lant 14 Organizational Evolution 327Terry L. Amburgey and Jitendra V. Singh 15 Organizational Cognition and Interpretation 344Theresa K. Lant 16 Organizational Power and Dependence 363William Ocasio 17 Organizational Technology 386Michael L. Tushman and Wendy Smith 18 Organizational Learning 415Martin Schulz 19 Organizational Complexity and Computation 442Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Mahesh M. Bhatia 20 Organizational Economics 467Brian S. Silverman Part III: Interorganizational Level 495 21 Interorganizational Institutions 497David Strang and Wesley D. Sine 22 Interorganizational Networks 520Wayne E. Baker and Robert R. Faulkner 23 Interorganizational Ecology 541Hayagreeva Rao 24 Interorganizational Evolution 557Henrich R. Greve 25 Interorganizational Cognition and Interpretation 579Joseph F. Porac, Marc J. Ventresca, and Yuri Mishina 26 Interorganizational Power and Dependence 599Mark S. Mizruchi and Mina Yoo 27 Interorganizational Technology 621Toby E. Stuart 28 Interorganizational Learning 642Paul Ingram 29 Interorganizational Complexity and Computation 664Olav Sorenson 30 Interorganizational Economics 686Arjen Van Witteloostuijn Part IV: Organizational Epistemology and Research Methods 713 31 Updating Organizational Epistemology 715Jane Azevedo 32 Contemporary Debates in Organizational Epistemology 733Mihnea C. Moldoveanu and Joel A. C. Baum 33 Model-Centered Organization Science Epistemology 752Bill McKelvey 34 Survey Research Methods 781David Knoke, Peter V. Marsden and Arne L. Kalleberg 35 Archival Research Methods 805Marc J. Ventresca and John W. Mohr 36 Simulation Research Methods 829Kevin Dooley 37 Grounded Theory Research Methods 849Deborah Dougherty 38 Field Research Methods 867Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole Appendix: Glossary of Epistemology Terms 889Bill McKelvey Index 899

Drawing on the research of more than 50 influential international scholars, this extensive interdisciplinary survey consolidates and evaluates what is known and not known about organizations, and critically examines how we learn about and study them. The contributions are grouped under ten headings, representing the most important contemporary perspectives on organizations, including networks, ecology and technology, each of which is covered at three levels of organization: intraorganizational, organizational, and interorganizational. For ease of use, each chapter is structured around five common elements: review and evaluation of the literature on that topic; contemporary issues and debates; central questions that remain unanswered; new and emerging directions for research; and connections across levels of organizations. For newcomers to organization studies, this up-to-date resource provides a foundation for navigating the field and an overview of its complexities. For more experienced students and scholars, it offers a rich source of inspiration and ideas, and clear guidance for designing and carrying out exemplary research.

"The book is absolutely outstanding! It is an intellectual tour de force by a stellar cast of more than 50 superb scholars. It achieves the impossible - both tremendous breadth and depth on the most important topics in organization theory today. No serious student of organizations can possibly do without this book." Christine Oliver, York University "The quality of the contributors and the intelligence of the comprehensive editorial framework assure that we have, at last, a worthy successor to March's classic Handbook of Organizations (1965). The commitment to a common enterprise, the connections constructed across levels of analysis, and a devotion to cumulative knowledge are welcome attributes of this valuable collection." W. Richard Scott, Stanford University "Baum has brought together a diverse and wily asemblage of authors to write a coherent book of the state of the art of organizations. The chapters show that organization studies has a defined frontier and research program." Bruce Kogut, University of Pennsylvania "...the volume reaches beyond its espoused role as a "companion" and provides a bold statement that we believe will help guide the next generation of organizational theory scholars and spark disquiet (and perhaps consternation) among organizational researchers who are at the margins of this movement." Administrative Science Quarterly

About the Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Companion to Organizations: An Introduction. Part I: Intraorganizational Level. Part II: Organizational Level. Part III: Interorganizational Level. Part IV: Organizational Epistemology and Research Methods. Appendix. Glossary of Organizational Epistemology Terms. Index