ABOUT DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONAL TRAJECTORIES

Alain Asquin ()
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Alain Asquin: MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon

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Abstract: The fact of organisational diversity leads us to put forward the paradox of " dynamic fit ". This serves as the basis for an alternative view of Lamarckism as applied to social sciences, which can provide a more efficient explanation of regular evolution in firms and populations. However, when a firm is trapped in a lock-in situation, Darwinian selection best explains how the system will behave. Thus we propose a continuum from alternative Lamarckism at one end, through Lamarckism, to Darwinism at the other end, in order to understand what evolutionary principles are appropriate to specific situations.

Keywords: Evolution; Darwinism; Lamarckism; organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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Published in British Academy of Management, 1999, Manchester, United Kingdom

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