TY - GEN A1 - Oertel, Simon A1 - Thommes, Kirsten A1 - Walgenbach, Peter T1 - Organizational Failure in the Aftermath of Radical Institutional Change T2 - Organization Studies N2 - This paper focuses on the question of the extent to which the institutional founding environment affects organizational success after a radical institutional change. We analyse firms founded in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) that experienced the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1990 and focus on how the institutional environment of their founding period influences their failure rates. Results show that organizational failure rates vary after institutional change due to differences in institutional founding conditions. This variation is influenced by the degree of (dis)similarity between the imprinted past and the present institutional context. Discussing the time-varying effect of institutional founding conditions, we contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of imprinting and organizational failure in situations of institutional change. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615622071 SN - 1741-3044 VL - 37 IS - 8 SP - 1067 EP - 1087 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Goldenstein, Jan A1 - Hunoldt, Michael A1 - Walgenbach, Peter A1 - Oertel, Simon T1 - Empirisch-Quantitative Forschung T2 - Wissenschaftliche(s) Arbeiten in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-658-20344-3 SN - 978-3-658-20345-0 SP - 91 EP - 105 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - GEN A1 - Oertel, Simon A1 - Thommes, Kirsten A1 - Walgenbach, Peter T1 - Shadows of the past: The effect of communist heritage on employee consultation T2 - Industrial and Labor Relations Review Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793916639554 SN - 2162-271X SN - 0019-7939 VL - 69 IS - 3 SP - 683 EP - 713 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Günther, Christina A1 - Oertel, Simon A1 - Walgenbach, Peter T1 - It’s all about timing: Age-dependent consequences of founder exits and new member additions T2 - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/etap.12148 SN - 1540-6520 SN - 1042-2587 VL - 40 IS - 4 SP - 843 EP - 865 ER -