Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Jane XJ Qiu is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at UNSW Australia Business School, Sydney, Australia.

Ben Nanfeng Luo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Human Resources at Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.

Chris Jackson is a Professor in the School of Management at UNSW Australia Business School, Sydney, Australia.

Karin Sanders is the Head of School of Management and Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at UNSW Australia Business School, Sydney, Australia.