RIVALRY AND THE INDUSTRY MODEL OF SCOTTISH KNITWEAR PRODUCERS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: PORAC, JF; THOMAS, H; WILSON, F; PATON, D; KANFER, A
• 署名单位: University of St Andrews; Curtin University
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2393636
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 203-227
• 关键词: INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MARKETS; Similarity; HISTORY

摘要

In this paper we argue that market boundaries are socially constructed around a collective cognitive model that summarizes typical organizational forms within an industry. This model is produced when firms observe each other's actions and define unique product positions in relation to each other. Our study examines the question of how firms define a reference group of rivals when market cues are ambiguous and interorganizational variety is high and identifies the industry model underlying rivalry among Scottish knitwear producers. The data suggest that a six-category model of organizational forms best describes the common sense of competition in the industry and that an ensemble of attributes involving size, technology, product style, and geographic location forms the foundation for this ordering. The results also show how this industry model is reproduced within the rivalry network structuring imperfect competition in the industry.