• Reproducing Populations. Question of the day: Why don't generalist organizations rule the world? Or, why do specialists survive?

• Reading 1:Howard Aldrich, Organizations Evolving, Chapter 10.

• Reading 1:Anand Swaminathan and Glenn R. Carroll. "Beer Brewers," Pp. 223-238 in Glenn R. Carroll and Michael T. Hannan, (eds.), Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure, and Selection. New York: Oxford. 1995.

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