Michael T. Hannan
 
Stratacom Professor of Management
Professor of Sociology
Stanford University

Professor of Organisation Theory (part time)
Durham Business School, Durham University

Graduate School of Business
Stanford University 
525 Memorial Way
Stanford, CA  94305-5015  USA

Office phone: (650) 723-1511
Fax: (650) 725-6152
e-mail: "hannan@stanford.edu"
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Curriculum vitae
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Research
    Recent Books:

    Logics of Organization Theory: Audiences, Codes, and Ecologies (with László Pólos and Glenn R. Carroll). Princeton University Press, 2007.

    The Demography of Corporations and Industries (with Glenn R. Carroll). Princeton University Press, 2000.

    Recent Papers:

    Temporal dynamics in categorization: Typecasting and entry-driven legitimation (with Greta Hsu and László Pólos). Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009.

    Modalities in sociological arguments (with Greta Hsu and László Pólos). Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009.

    Categorical challenge and response: Modernism and tradition in Italian wine production (with Giacomo Negro and Hayagreeva Rao). Stanford Graduate School of Business, September 2008.

    Categorical contrast and audience appeal: Niche Width and critical success in winemaking (with Giacomo Negro and Hayagreeva Rao). Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2008.

    Multiple category memberships: An integrated theory and two empirical tests (with Greta Hsu and Özgecan Koçak). American Sociological Review 74 (2009) 150-69.

    No Barrique, no Berlusconi: Categories, contention, and authenticity in the making of Barolo and Barbaresco wines (with Giacomo Negro, Hayagreeva Rao and Ming D. Leung). Stanford Graduate School of Business Research Paper 1968R, 2007.

    In the company of women: Gender inequality and the logic of bureaucracy in start-up firms (with James N. Baron, Greta Hsu, Özgecan Koçak). Work and Occupations 34 (2007) 35-66.

    Organizational identities and the hazard of change (with James N. Baron, Greta Hsu, Özgecan Koçak). Industrial and Corporate Change 15 (2006) 15:755-84.

    Ecologies of organizations: Diversity and identity. Journal of Economic Perspectives (2005) 19:51-70.

    Identities, genres, and organizational forms (with Greta Hsu). Organization Science (2005) 16:474-90.

    A logic for theories in flux: A model-theoretic approach (with László Pólos). Logique et Analyse (2004) 47:85-121.

    The evolution of organizational inertia (with László Pólos and Glenn R. Carroll). Industrial and Corporate Change (2004) 13:213-42.

    The fog of change: Opacity and asperity in organizations (with László Pólos and Glenn R. Carroll). Administrative Science Quarterly (2003) 48:399-432.

    Cascading organizational change (with László Pólos and Glenn R. Carroll). Organization Science (2003) 14:463-82.

    The organizational niche (with László Pólos and Glenn R. Carroll). Sociological Theory (2003) 21:309-40.