Research Catalog

Title

The demography of corporations and industries / Glenn R. Carroll, Michael T. Hannan.

Author

Carroll, Glenn.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

Hannan, Michael T.

Description

xxix, 490 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In this book, Carroll and Hannan demonstrate why demographic research on corporations is important; describe how to conduct demographic research; specify fruitful areas of future research; and suggest how the demographic perspective can enrich the public discussion of issues surrounding the corporation in our constantly evolving industrial society. All researchers and analysts with an interest in this topic will find The Demography of Corporations and Industries an invaluable resource."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Industrial surveys > Methodology
• Industrial sociology > Statistical methods
• Industrial statistics > Methodology
• Demographic surveys > Methodology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-479) and index.

Contents

Pt. I. The Case for Corporate Demography. 1. About Organizations. 2. The Demographic Perspective. 3. Toward a Corporate Demography. 4. Forms and Populations -- Pt. II. Methods of Corporate Demography. 5. Observation Plans. 6. Analyzing Vital Rates. 7. Modeling Corporate Vital Rates. 8. Demographic Data Sources -- Pt. III. Population Processes. 9. Organizational Environments. 10. Density-Dependent Processes I. 11. Density-Dependent Processes II. 12. Segregating Processes -- Pt. IV. Organizational Processes. 13. Age-Dependent Processes. 14. Size Dependence. 15. Initial Mobilizing. 16. Organizational Transformation -- Pt. V. Selected Implications. 17. Organization Theory. 18. Regulation. 19. Employment. 20. Organizational Diversity.

ISBN

0691010307 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99023937

OCLC

ocm41211368

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries