An organizational sociology of Stanford's organization theory renaissance / Frank Dobbin and Claudia Bird Schoonhoven -- Organizational institutionalism at Stanford: reflections on the founding of a 30-year theoretical research program / Brian Rowan -- Resource dependence theory: past and future / Gerald F. Davis and J. Adam Cobb -- Population ecology / Terry L. Amburgey -- Organizational learning / Lee Sproull -- Culture Standford's way / Mary Jo Hatch -- Organizations and labor markets / Alison Davis-Blake -- The history of corporate networks: expanding intellectual diversity and the role of Stanford affiliations / Christine M. Beckman -- Healthcare organizations and the Stanform school of organizational sociology / Mary L. Fennell and Ann Barry Flood -- Administration in necessary- but research rules / W. Richard Scott -- Silicon valley, theories of organization, and the Stanford legacy / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt -- When theory met practice: cooperation at Stanford / Roderick M. Kramer -- NIMH-SCOR: a pioneering center at Stanford / Raymond E. Levitt -- A fellow from Kansas / James G. March -- A cultural view of the organizational community at Stanford University / Joanne Martin -- Explaining the impact of the Stanford organization studies community / Donald Palmer -- Speaking with one voice: a "Stanford school" approach to organizational hierarchy / Ezra W. Zuckerman -- How I spent the summer of 1973: it was not a vacation / Howard E. Aldrich -- The contributions of organizational theory to health care / Joan R. Bloom -- The devil's workshop / Jacques Delacroix -- Legacies from growing up on the farm / P. Devereaux Jennings -- Situated learning and brokerage as keys to successful knowledge production: an experiential review / Stephen Mezias and Theresa Lant -- A relational approach to organizational learning / Martha S. Feldman -- The Stanford organizational studies community: reflections of a tempered radical / Debra E. Meyerson -- Unpacking the Stanford case: an elementary analysis / Mark. C. Suckman -- "Let a hundred flowers blossom": the cross-fertilization of organizational studies at Stanford / Martin Ruef -- Chance encounters, ecologies of ideas, and career paths: a personal narrative of my Stanford years / Jitendra V. Singh -- Sense-making in organizational research / Sim B. Sitkin -- School and super-school / David Strang -- Reflections on the Stanford organizations experience / Amy S. Wharton -- Touchstones: the Stanford school of organization theories, 1970-2000 / Patricia H. Thorton -- Collegial capital: the organizations research community at Stanford, 1970-2000 / W. Richard Scott -- Appendixes -- A. Stanford faculty in organizations -- B. Stanford graduate students in organizations -- C. Stanford post-docs in organizations -- D. Affiliated centers for organization research.