INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS AND THE DYNAMICS OF ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS

被引:350
作者
BAUM, JAC [1 ]
OLIVER, C [1 ]
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[1] YORK UNIV,FAC MANAGEMENT,N YORK M3J 1P3,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.2307/2096100
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Population density - the number of organizations of a particular type - has been used to study the effects of legitimation and competition on rates of organizational founding and failure. We investigate the influence of population density and relational density - the number of ties between organizations and their institutional environment - on founding and failure rates in a population of day care centers. Findings suggest that embeddedness in the institutional environment underlies the legitimating effects of initial population growth and the improved survival capabilities of a population of organizations in the long run.
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页码:540 / 559
页数:20
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