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Biographies of organizations are methodical difficult to analyse. This paper offers an overview on how biographies of organisations are describable. By referring to concepts of organizational-life-cycle and organizational change, the paper explores scopes and constraints to the methods for analysing narratives about the biographies of organizations.

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Bergt, T. (2018). Biographien von Organisationen. In: Lutz, H., Schiebel, M., Tuider, E. (eds) Handbuch Biographieforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18171-0_54

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