Hannan M., Freeman J. Structural inertia and organizational change

Article.American Sociological Review, 1984. - Vol.49 (Apr), p.149-164Theory and research on organization-environment relations from a population ecology perspective have been based on the assumption that inertial pressures on structure are strong. This paper attempts to clarify the meaning of structural inertia and to derive propositions about structural inertia from an explicit evolutionary model