The demography of corporations and industries

The Dernography of Corporations and Industries is the first book to present the demographic approach to organizational studies in its entirety. It examines the theory, models, methods, and data used in corporate demographic research. Carroll and Hannan explore the processes by which corporate populations change over time, including organizational founding, growth, decline, structural transformation, and mortality. They review and synthesize the major theoretical mechanisms of corporate demography, ranging from aging and size dependence to population segregation and density dependence. The book also explores some selected implications of corporate Demography for public policy, including employment and regulation.

In this path-breaking book, Carroll and Hannan demonstrate why demographic research on corporations is important; describe how to conduct demographic research; specify fruitful areas of future research; and suggest how the demographic perspective can enrich the public discussion of issues surrounding the corporation in our constantly evolving industrial society. All researchers and analysts with an interest in this topic will find The Dernography of Corporations and Industries an invaluable resource.

GLENN R. CARROLL is the Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

MICHAEL T. HANNAN is the Stratacom Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.