The recent growth in research on the topic of evolutionary novelties inspired this volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations. While previous sociological work has done an admirable job of understanding selection and differentiation processes, it has widely ignored the origin of...

In acknowledgement and appreciation -- About the authors -- About the contributors -- About this book -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- The organisational setting -- Understanding organisational behaviour -- Approaches to organisation and management -- The organisational environment -- The...