The Application of Population Ecology Models to the Study of Organizations
评估了用种群生态学模型解释组织选择过程的实证研究，指出三个应用陷阱：结构惯性限制适应、组织物种分类、环境对组织生存的决定作用。
Recent literature attempting to explain organization dynamics through ecological processes raises some important questions. An evaluation of the empirical work using population ecology models to explain selection processes operating on organizations reveals three issues suggesting pitfalls in applying the models: the role of structural inertia in constraining adaptation, the classification of organizational species, and the importance of the environment in determining organizational survival.