Response to Regula tion

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Abstract
Federal regulation of organizations is an increasingly important theoretical and policy topic. Current regulation analyses are deficient in that they overrely on economic assumptions and market sector organizations. This article proposes an organizational process framework for investigating and understanding how local organizations respond to federal regulation based on the argument that conventional approaches, which focus on system properties and outcomes, lead to neither theoret ical nor policy insights. Additionally, it suggests alternative strategies for investigation.