David L Torres
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David L Torres |
| GIVEN NAMES | David L |
| FAMILY NAME | Torres |
| SIGNATURE | TORRES D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University ofArizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6496-8243 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dynamics behind the Formation of a Business Class
The problem of an underdeveloped Mexican-American business class has traditionally been examined from an organizational perspective. This article examines for the first time the formation of a business class in a traditional southwestern city from an ideological perspective. In many of the cities of the Southwest, old business elites have been almost completely replaced by a new elite, in contrast to the continuity of development of elites for ot…
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Professionalism, Variation, and Organizational Survival
Organizational-ecology theorists have traditionally examined the effects of institutional variables in the same manner as task-environment variables-as affecting the selection process. This paper illustrates that institutions, in this case professionalism, may also affect variation of structural forms within a niche. Using a case study of the funeral industry, important effects of the institutional environment on variation are identified. The stu…
Limits to Bureaucratic Growth
Weeding Out the Target Population
James Latimore considers the problem of good results or good reports in the context of his study of one small agency's transition from financial independence to government funding dependence. As Latimore points out, private philanthropy has played a large role in America's social and economic history. In recent years, government funding has flowed into private agencies. What happens when private and public overlap? Does public funding change the …
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Professionalism, Variation, and Organizational Survival
Organizational-ecology theorists have traditionally examined the effects of institutional variables in the same manner as task-environment variables-as affecting the selection process. This paper illustrates that institutions, in this case professionalism, may also affect variation of structural forms within a niche. Using a case study of the funeral industry, important effects of the institutional environment on variation are identified. The stu…
Dynamics behind the Formation of a Business Class
The problem of an underdeveloped Mexican-American business class has traditionally been examined from an organizational perspective. This article examines for the first time the formation of a business class in a traditional southwestern city from an ideological perspective. In many of the cities of the Southwest, old business elites have been almost completely replaced by a new elite, in contrast to the continuity of development of elites for ot…
Weeding Out the Target Population
James Latimore considers the problem of good results or good reports in the context of his study of one small agency's transition from financial independence to government funding dependence. As Latimore points out, private philanthropy has played a large role in America's social and economic history. In recent years, government funding has flowed into private agencies. What happens when private and public overlap? Does public funding change the …
Population Perspectives on Organizations
Professionalism, Variation, and Organizational Survival
Organizational-ecology theorists have traditionally examined the effects of institutional variables in the same manner as task-environment variables-as affecting the selection process. This paper illustrates that institutions, in this case professionalism, may also affect variation of structural forms within a niche. Using a case study of the funeral industry, important effects of the institutional environment on variation are identified. The stu…
Limits to Bureaucratic Growth
Dynamics behind the Formation of a Business Class
The problem of an underdeveloped Mexican-American business class has traditionally been examined from an organizational perspective. This article examines for the first time the formation of a business class in a traditional southwestern city from an ideological perspective. In many of the cities of the Southwest, old business elites have been almost completely replaced by a new elite, in contrast to the continuity of development of elites for ot…
Political science (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Politics (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Demography (1 work)