Fit by founding, fit by adaption: reconciling conflicting organization theories with logical formalization

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Organizational populations can alter via the individual adaptation of incumbent organizations or via new entrants that match actual conditions. The Red Queen and inertia theories of organizational ecology represent these two ways of population adjustment. However, some of their conclusions are contradictory in their present form. The paper reconciles their arguments by refining the concepts of environmental change and adaptation. The main points are captured by logical formalization that derives the modified, non-contradicting conclusions as theorems..Printed journal