Firms Dynamics. the Ineluctable " Entanglement " of the Organizational Forms

The debate on the organization modes has begun by discussing the nature of markets and hierarchies. Adding further perspectives to somewhat outdated economic views of organization, it was then made clear that network forms of organizations should be considered as a third type of coordination mode. As a result of this work, it is now commonly accepted that the dichotomous view of economic organization should be overcome. Thus, the debate moved away from critiquing the tyranny of markets and hierarchies. Many scholars concentrated on discussing the supremacy among organization modes. They focused on the prevalence and functionality as well as constraint and disfunctionality. This paper reviews work that contributed to these debates and move forward trying to develop a theory of polymorph organization. The argument is made that no real organization can be seen as an ideal-typical category. The paper claims that the entanglement of organization modes is ineluctable given the non-monolithic nature of organization. An in-depth case study is used to highlight and discuss organization entanglement and to show how it is ineluctable in changing environments. Finally, an agenda for future research efforts on these issues is advanced. 3 Firms dynamics. The ineluctable " entanglement " of the organizational forms.