Variations and the Evolution of Organizational Forms: Mergers and Acquisitions as Form -Changing Strategies in the Financial Service Industry, 1981--2000

This dissertation contributes to the evolutionary literature by filling in the discussion of variation. I address not only sources of variation but also patterns of variation evolution. Moreover, this dissertation contributes to the organizational learning literature by identifying three sources of learning in the process of variation evolution: firms will learn from their own experience, they will learn from other firms either in the same or different markets, or they will learn from the industry.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business Administration

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Ya-Chun Monica

Contributors dc:contributor

• Leblebici, Huseyin

• Business Administration, Management

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3101999

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84532