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).

This outstanding book, now available in paperback, presents new original contributions from some of the world's leading economists including Ronald Coase, Douglass North, Masahiko Aoki, Oliver E. Williamson and Harold Demsetz. It demonstrates the extent and depth of the New Institutional Economics research program which is having a worldwide impact on the economics profession. ...(展开全部)

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。

吉尔特·霍夫斯泰德（Geert Hofstede），于荷兰代尔夫特理工大学获得机械工程学位。于格罗宁根大学获得社会心理学博士学位。在荷兰的多家企业担任过技术和管理职务。后来进入IBM欧洲公司，创建了人事研究部并担任主任。　　他的学术生涯开始于洛桑的国际管理学院（IMD），后来加盟法国枫丹白露的lNSEAD商学院、布鲁塞尔的欧洲高级管理学院、卢森堡的国际应用系统分析研究所、荷兰的马斯特里赫特大学。他在马斯特里赫特大学教授组织人类学和国际管理，直到l993年退休。是跨文化合作研究所（IRIC）的创始人和首任主任。　　他的著作有17种语言的版本。文章发表在世界各地的社会科学和管理学期刊上。他位居社会学科引文索引（SSCl）中被引用次数最多的100位学者之列，是享此殊荣的极少数的非美国人之一。他是美国管理学会（AOM）会士，享有欧洲四所著名大学的荣誉博士学位...(展开全部)

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)