Modeling Organizational Species' Interdependence in an Ecological Community: An Input-Output Approach
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in Academy of Management Review
- Vol. 13 (3) , 362-373
- https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.1988.4306941
Abstract
An organizational species' resource inputs and outputs comprise its most fundamental openness to its environment. An input-output model based on each species' resource exchanges with other species is a useful framework by which to operationalize and model the community-ecology perspective in organization theory. An input-output model provides a means of identifying each organizational species' niche within a given ecology and a means of modeling each species' direct and indirect dependence on other species for resources.Keywords
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