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作者：Bunderson, J. Stuart; Thompson, Jeffery A.
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); Brigham Young University
摘要：A qualitative examination of work meaning in the zookeeping profession pointed to the centrality of the notion of work as a personal calling. The view of calling expressed by zookeepers, however, was closer in basic structure to the classical conceptualization of the Protestant reformers than it was to more recent formulations. We used qualitative data from interviews with U. S. zookeepers to develop hypotheses about the implications of this neoclassical conceptualization of calling for the re...
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作者：Zaheer, Akbar; Soda, Giuseppe
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Bocconi University
摘要：We develop and test a theory of the origins of network structures, specifically of structural holes, building and testing a theoretical framework proposing that network structures emerge from the interplay of two complementary forces: structural constraints and network opportunities. We analyze data on a co-membership network among 501 production teams in the Italian TV production industry tracked over a period of 12 years, explicitly accounting for endogeneity. We find that structural holes s...
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作者：Whittington, Kjersten Bunker; Owen-Smith, Jason; Powell, Walter W.
作者单位：Reed College - Portland; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Stanford University
摘要：Industrial districts and regional clusters depend on the networks that arise from reciprocal linkages among co-located organizations, while physical proximity among firms can alter the nature of information and resource flows through networks. We consider the joint effects of geographic propinquity and network position on organizational innovation using negative binomial count models of patenting activity for U. S.-based life science firms in industrial districts and regional clusters across a...
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作者：Sine, Wesley D.; Lee, Brandon H.
作者单位：Cornell University; University of London; London Business School
摘要：Through a study of the emergent U. S. wind energy sector, 1978-1992, this paper examines how large-scale social movements external to an industry can influence the creation of new market opportunities and hence encourage entrepreneurship. We theorize that through the construction and propagation of cognitive frameworks, norms, values, and regulatory structures, and by offering a preexisting social structure, social movement organizations influence whether entrepreneurs attempt to start venture...
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作者：McKinney-Dhalenne, Valerie
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作者：Baron, James
作者单位：Yale University
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作者：Still, Mary C.; Strang, David
作者单位：George Washington University; Cornell University
摘要：We advance theories of the diffusion of innovations by examining the structure of emulation that emerged in one bank's benchmarking program. Prestigious firms and firms linked to the bank through executive migration were disproportionately likely to be recruited as benchmarking partners and, once visited, to be highly influential. Firms tied to the bank by board interlocks and geographic proximity were neither overrepresented nor influential. The bank also paid modest attention to other financ...
