?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4971%2F&rft.title=Long-Term+Evolutionary+Change+in+Organizational+Populations%3A+Theory%2C+Models+and+Empirical+Findings&rft.creator=Carroll%2C+G.R.&rft.description=Organizational+ecology+is+a+theoretical+perspective+on+organizations+that+attempts+to+explain+long-term+social+evolution%2C+especially+the+rise+and+fall+of+organizational+populations.+This+article+reviews+the+most+successful+research+program+of+the+perspective%2C+one+based+on+the+density-dependent+model+of+legitimation+and+competition.+It+discusses+the+model+and+evidence+that+has+been+offered+in+its+support+as+well+as+criticisms+that+have+been+registered.+Unsolved+research+problems+of+the+program+are+identified+and+models-in-progress+attempting+to+address+these+open+questions+are+discussed+and+compared.&rft.publisher=WP-96-055&rft.date=1996-06&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4971%2F1%2FWP-96-055.pdf&rft.identifier=++Carroll%2C+G.R.++(1996).++Long-Term+Evolutionary+Change+in+Organizational+Populations%3A+Theory%2C+Models+and+Empirical+Findings.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-055+++++