GRADES OF MEMBERSHIP AND LEGITIMACY SPILLOVERS: FOREIGN BANKS IN SHANGHAI, 1847-1935

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kuilman, Jeroen G.; Li, Jiatao
• 署名单位: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.37308018
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 229-245
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL POPULATIONS; STRUCTURAL INERTIA; MARKET; EVOLUTION; community; DYNAMICS; density; entry; FIRMS; availability

摘要

In this study, we formulated and tested a theory about how heterogeneity among subpopulations affects the degree to which organizations in these subpopulations contribute to and benefit from the overall population's legitimacy. Historical data on banking in Shanghai were used. Firms in subpopulations with a higher grade of membership were found to contribute strongly to the legitimacy of the general population; firms in subpopulations with a lower grade of membership benefited most from legitimacy spillovers. The concepts of fuzzy density, contrast, and public acceptance were applied to measuring legitimacy.