Chapter 10 Silicon valley, theories of organization, and the Stanford legacy
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000
ISBN: 978-1-84950-930-5, eISBN: 978-1-84950-931-2
Publication date: 25 March 2010
Abstract
In the late 1970s, the much beloved tradition of Asilomar began. But then, of course, it was not even located at Asilomar. Rather it was a much smaller event that was held at Pajaro Dunes. Nonetheless, it featured what ultimately became the traditional blend of informal sessions that mixed students and faculty from around the University. The most memorable conference of that time featured working papers by Jeff Pfeffer and Jerry Salancik, John Meyer and Brian Rowan, and Mike Hannan and John Freeman. Each of these pairs of authors presented fledgling work that would go on to become keystone statements for three highly influential theories: resource dependence (Pfeffer & Salancik, 1978), “new” institutional theory (Meyer & Rowan, 1977), and population ecology (Hannan & Freeman, 1977).
Citation
Eisenhardt, K.M. (2010), "Chapter 10 Silicon valley, theories of organization, and the Stanford legacy", Bird Schoonhoven, C. and Dobbin, F. (Ed.) Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 28), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 191-205. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X(2010)0000028014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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