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The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organization... 1983 2026 1997 2011 22.1k
  1. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields (1983)
    Paul DiMaggio, Walter W. Powell American Sociological Review
  2. Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology (1996)
    Walter W. Powell, Kenneth W. Koput et al. Administrative Science Quarterly
  3. The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. (1993)
    Alice O. Andrews, Walter W. Powell et al. Administrative Science Quarterly
  4. The Nonprofit sector: a research handbook (2007)
    Walter W. Powell Choice Reviews Online
  5. Knowledge Networks as Channels and Conduits: The Effects of Spillovers in the Boston Biotechnology Community (2004)
    Jason Owen‐Smith, Walter W. Powell Organization Science
  6. The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis (1992)
    Elaine Romanelli, Walter W. Powell et al. Academy of Management Review
  7. Network Dynamics and Field Evolution: The Growth of Interorganizational Collaboration in the Life Sciences (2005)
    Walter W. Powell, Dougľas R. White et al. American Journal of Sociology
  8. The Knowledge Economy (2004)
    Walter W. Powell, Kaisa Snellman Annual Review of Sociology
  9. Learning from Collaboration: Knowledge and Networks in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (1998)
    Walter W. Powell California Management Review
  10. From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk: Decoupling in the Contemporary World (2012)
    Patricia Bromley, Walter W. Powell Academy of Management Annals
  11. The Rationalization of Charity: The Influences of Professionalism in the Nonprofit Sector (2009)
    Hokyu Hwang, Walter W. Powell Administrative Science Quarterly
  12. From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk: Decoupling in the Contemporary World (2012)
    Patricia Bromley, Walter W. Powell Academy of Management Annals

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Works of Walter W. Powell being referenced

The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis.
1993 Standout
The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
1983 Standout
and 9 more

Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Walter W. Powell 20520 10085 6344 11374 79 46.0k
Paul DiMaggio 16611 11522 3624 16905 95 50.2k
James G. March 30532 13563 8867 9156 160 64.7k
Mark Granovetter 12709 7378 6194 24205 52 54.5k
Jeffrey Pfeffer 17592 19480 4777 10229 242 50.7k
Geert Hofstede 13857 19492 4535 21389 107 72.0k
Ronald S. Burt 12319 8574 5728 18141 140 44.2k
Oliver E. Williamson 21600 6085 3146 5917 149 47.0k
Karl E. Weick 16414 19143 4449 11941 165 52.9k
W. Richard Scott 9453 7564 2301 6064 103 25.8k
John W. Meyer 8509 7763 1656 10872 126 31.5k

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