Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ414858
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Organizational Mortality: The Liabilities of Newness and Adolescence.
Bruderl, Josef; Schussler, Rudolf
Administrative Science Quarterly, v35 n4 p530-47 Sep 1990
Contains a theoretical discussion and an empirical test of Stinchcombe's "liability of newness" hypothesis, which assumes higher failure risks for young organizations than for older ones. This hypothesis does not adequately represent mortality hazards of German business organizations. A "liability of adolescence" concept proposing a U-shaped risk pattern is introduced. Includes 27 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Age, Developmental Stages, Failure, Foreign Countries, Industry, Organizational Theories, Risk
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: West Germany
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