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Peer reviewedBarnett, William P. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1990
Investigates organizational mortality in the early American telephone industry, in which thousands of companies proliferated and failed under conditions of technological change. When technologies are systemic, technological change does not necessarily favor advanced organizations. The study used archival data from early Pennsylvania and Iowa…
Descriptors: Ecology, History, Organizational Change, Technological Advancement
