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The Dynamics of the Bulgarian Newspaper Industry in a Period of Transition: Organizational Adaptation, Structural Inertia and Political Change

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  • Dobrev, Stanislav D

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The alignment strategies of state-owned Bulgarian newspaper enterprises are examined in light of the theoretical insights provided by adaptation and selection perspectives of organizational evolution. Building on the distinction between core and periphery, I argue that the impact of internal restructuring is closely tied to the location of change in the organizational structure. The results indicate that newspaper enterprises that attempted to reorganize their core structures became liable to pressures of environmental selection. The lack of real structural reforms in Bulgarian society between 1987 and 1990 was used to explain the unsuccessful adaptation attempts made by newspapers that implemented only peripheral adjustments. Copyright 1999 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Dobrev, Stanislav D, 1999. "The Dynamics of the Bulgarian Newspaper Industry in a Period of Transition: Organizational Adaptation, Structural Inertia and Political Change," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 8(3), pages 573-605, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:8:y:1999:i:3:p:573-605
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    1. Juha‐Antti Lamberg & Mirva Peltoniemi, 2020. "The nanoeconomics of firm‐level decision‐making and industry evolution: Evidence from 200 years of paper and pulp making," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(3), pages 499-529, March.
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    3. J. Cameron Verhaal & Olga M. Khessina & Stanislav D. Dobrev, 2015. "Oppositional Product Names, Organizational Identities, and Product Appeal," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 26(5), pages 1466-1484, October.
    4. Stanislav D. Dobrev & Tai-Young Kim & Glenn R. Carroll, 2003. "Shifting Gears, Shifting Niches: Organizational Inertia and Change in the Evolution of the U.S. Automobile Industry, 1885–1981," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 14(3), pages 264-282, June.
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    6. Stanislav D. Dobrev & Salih Zeki Ozdemir & Albert C. Teo, 2006. "The Ecological Interdependence of Emergent and Established Organizational Populations: Legitimacy Transfer, Violation by Comparison, and Unstable Identities," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 17(5), pages 577-597, October.
    7. Turunen, Taija & Finne, Max, 2014. "The organisational environment’s impact on the servitization of manufacturers," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 32(4), pages 603-615.
    8. J. Cameron Verhaal & Stanislav D. Dobrev & Lyda Bigelow, 2017. "When incremental is imperative: tactical innovation in the in-vitro fertilization industry," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 26(4), pages 709-726.

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