Howard E. Aldrich

"A niche is created by the intersection of resource constraints— an abstract resource space consisting of a unique combination of resources that could permit a form to survive there. Forms thus either …"

"Active loose coupling occurs when a subsystem of an organization is more tightly coupled to an environmental sector than other subsystems, and a feedback loop connects environmental conditions with or…"

"Organizations are goal-directed, boundary-maintaining, activity systems."

"In general, growth is an intrinsic source of change with potentially unintended effects and some subunits are better positioned than others to protect themselves against such effects. Oligarchical ten…"