The institutional theory of organizations developed by Scott, Meyer and their colleagues over the past two decades has had an enormous impact on organizational theory and research. In this book, the editors review the major theoretical advances of the past decade and the empirical testing they have done on these theories. Their work has highlighted two key themes: the interrela...(展开全部)

An examination of the differences between collectivists (those who view themselves primarily as part of a whole, and who are motivated by the norms and duties imposed by the collective entity) and individualists (those who are motivated by their own preferences and needs).

W·理查德·斯科特(W．Richard Scott)生于1932年，美国斯坦福大学著名社会学家，独著或台著的著作主要有《正式组织：一种比较视角》(1962)、《组织：理性的、自然的与开放的系统》(1981)。《制度变迁与医疗保健组织：从专业人员支配到看护行政化》(2000)。《组织与组织化：理性的、自然的与开放的系统观》(2007)等。1988年获得美国管理学会管理与组织理论分会杰出学者奖，1996年获得美国管理学会理查德·D·埃尔文奖。

W·理查德·斯科特(W．Richard Scott)生于1932年，美国斯坦福大学著名社会学家，独著或台著的著作主要有《正式组织：一种比较视角》(1962)、《组织：理性的、自然的与开放的系统》(1981)。《制度变迁与医疗保健组织：从专业人员支配到看护行政化》(2000)。《组织与组织化：理性的、自然的与开放的系统观》(2007)等。1988年获得美国管理学会管理与组织理论分会杰出学者奖，1996年获得美国管理学会理查德·D·埃尔文奖。

This book provides a challenging and stimulating introduction to the contemporary topics of complexity and criticality, and explores their common basis. Criticality refers to the behaviour of extended systems at a phase transition where scale invariance prevails; the many constituent microscopic parts bringing about macroscopic phenomena that cannot be understood by considering...(展开全部)

In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. First published in the 1930s and 40s, these essays continue to illuminate the problems faced by developing and formerly ...(展开全部)

In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economics. First published in the 1930s and '40s, these essays continue to illuminate the problems faced by developing and formerly...(展开全部)

In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. First published in the 1930s and 40s, these essays continue to illuminate the problems faced by developing and formerly ...(展开全部)

In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economics. First published in the 1930s and '40s, these essays continue to illuminate the problems faced by developing and formerly...(展开全部)

布莱恩·阿瑟 著名经济学家，研究经济正反馈机制的先驱。 在加州大学伯克利分校获得经济学硕士学位和运筹学博士学位，37岁就成为斯坦福大学*年轻的经济学教授。 1987年获得“古根海姆奖”，1990年获得“熊比特奖”。 1987年进入圣塔菲研究所，投身于跨学科的复杂性科学领域。1988年，主持圣塔菲的研究项目。他是圣塔菲的元老级人物，也是复杂性科学的奠基人。他因成绩突出而荣获首届“拉格朗日奖”。 对技术与科学、经济之间的关系，他见解独特，是一位技术思想家。 2014年，由湛庐文化引进出版其著作《技术的本质》（The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves）。