Organizational Discontinuity: Integrating Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change Theories

Integrating Biological Theories Into Evolutionary Algorithms

Regime Change and Revolutionary Entrepreneurs

Istudy how a revolutionary vanguard might use violence to mobilize a mass public. The mechanism is informational—–the vanguard uses violence to manipulate population member’s beliefs about the level of antigovernment sentiment in society. The model has multiple equilibria, one equilibrium in which there may be revolution and another in which there is certain not to be. In the former, structural...

typology of revolutionary theories

revolution theoreticians have declared contending and approximately incompatible theories, caused in bewilderment among concerned field enthusiasts. as a result, some have intended to categorize these theories till reduce bewilderment, and make them easier to study. one of these theoreticians is jack goldstone who at first categorized theories of revolution into three generations. but after the...

CIO Turnover, IS Alignment and Revolutionary Change

Information systems (IS) alignment is an important aspect in using information technology to gain business value. A critical part of this process is the existence of a good relationship between the CEO and CIO. However, this relationship is disrupted due to CIO turnover. Using a punctuated equilibrium model perspective, this study examines the organizational impact of CIO turnover and its effec...

Integrating physiological, ecological and evolutionary change: a Price equation approach.

We use a general quantitative framework--the Price equation--to partition phenotypic responses to environmental change into separate physiological, evolutionary and ecological components. We demonstrate how these responses, which potentially occur over different timescales and are usually studied in isolation, can be combined in an additive way; and we discuss the main advantages of doing this....