Organizational Ecology Success Factors in the Business: A Case Study at Fingerhut Inc.

Authors:
Dien D. Phan;Mark B. Schmidt;Jim Q. Chen
Affiliations:
IS Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, USA;IS Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, USA;IS Department, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, USA
Venue:
Information Systems Management
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The proliferation, growth, decline, and re-growth of the high tech industry during the past several decades has allowed for the creation of new organizational concepts. One of these concepts finds its theoretical underpinnings in the areas of ecology and biology. This paper attempts to apply organizational ecology, particularly the well-known Verhulst-Pearl (VP) ecological logistic growth model, to the life cycle of e-commerce enterprises using Fingerhut Inc. as an example noting its successes and failures.