Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology: Markets, Culture, and Institutions: Business Groups in Taiwan's Economic Development 1960's-1990's

社会学博士论文研究：市场、文化与制度：1960-1990年代台湾经济发展中的企业集团

• 批准号: 9810884
• 负责人: Mark Granovetter
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-01 至 2000-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9810884&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Sociology; Markets

Business groups are a special type of enterprise organization existing in almost every market economy. Usually they play a significant role in the development of these economies. Although their distinct organizational structure and close relationships with economic growth have attracted much attention, there is no satisfactory explanation for this organizational form. This doctoral dissertation research project will study the formation, evolution, and economic performance of Taiwanese top 100 business groups. In contrast to market-centered theories, cultural arguments, and neo-institutionalism in organizational sociology, it proposes that a modified institutional perspective is more appropriate to study these issues. Preliminary studies will employ descriptive analyses of several longitudinal data sets. Based on the preliminary findings, the project will investigate the growth patterns of 150 business groups, along with structural changes in 234 business groups in 1973, 1986, and 1994. The methods to be used include loglinear models, network analysis, and regression statistics. These studies will not only increase our understanding of business groups and contribute to establishing a general theory of economic organizations, but also shed light on East Asian economic development.

企业集团是一种特殊的企业组织形式，几乎存在于每一种市场经济中。他们通常在这些经济体的发展中发挥重要作用。尽管它们独特的组织结构及其与经济增长的密切关系引起了人们的广泛关注，但对这种组织形式还没有令人满意的解释。本博士论文研究计画将探讨台湾百大企业集团的形成、演化与经济绩效。与组织社会学中的市场中心理论、文化争论和新制度主义相比，它提出了一个修正的制度视角更适合研究这些问题。初步研究将采用几个纵向数据集的描述性分析。根据初步调查结果，该项目将调查150个企业集团的增长模式，沿着1973年、1986年和1994年234个企业集团的结构变化。所使用的方法包括对数线性模型、网络分析和回归统计。这些研究不仅有助于加深我们对企业集团的理解，有助于建立经济组织的一般理论，而且对东亚经济的发展也有一定的借鉴意义。