Advancing Organizational Theory in a Complex World

1. Contingency Theory, Dynamic Fit, and Contracts

Richard M. Burton, Børge Obel, and Dorthe Håkonsson

2. Structural Adaptation to Regain Fit: Multiple Misfits and Structural Complexity

Peter Klaas and Jørgen T. Lauridsen

3. Fit of Structure to Multiple Contingencies: Equifinality versus the Contingency Imperative

Ben Nanfeng Luo, Lex Donaldson, and Kangkang Yu

4. Getting Started with Ambidexterity

Andrew Binns and Michael Tushman

5. The MNC Matrix as Only a Partial Multiple Hierarchy: The Limited Advantage of the Matrix

Jane XJ Qiu and Lex Donaldson

6. Building Higher-level Contingency Theory to Reconcile Contradictions Between Lower-level Theories

William Egelhoff and Joachim Wolf

7. 'Managers to the Rescue!': Evaluating the Legacy of Stewardship Theory from an Institutional Perspective

Jaco Lok, Hokyu Hwang, and Markus A. Höllerer

8. Conclusion

Lex Donaldson