THE POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDING - LOCATION DEPENDENCE AND UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: LOMI, A
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2393702
• 发表日期: 1995
• 页码: 111-144
• 关键词: Discrete choice models; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; econometric-models; count data; mortality; industry; DYNAMICS; rates; COMPETITION; PERSPECTIVE

摘要

Using pooled cross-sectional time series data collected at the level of 13 geographical regions, this paper investigates the effects of location dependence and unobserved heterogeneity on founding rates of rural cooperative banks in Italy from 1964 to 1988. Parametric and semiparametric models of organizational founding reveal that the organizational population is internally differentiated and that different segments of the population respond heterogeneously to general processes of legitimation and competition. This study emphasizes the importance of identifying the correct level of analysis at which population-level processes operate and of accounting for unobservable factors related to the cross-sectional structure of organizational populations. The findings demonstrate how an ecological approach that incorporates information on the spatial structure of the population can provide a more detailed understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of organizations.