Doctoral Dissertation Research: Origination and Emergence of Economic Fields: The Case of Cleantech

博士论文研究：经济领域的起源与出现：以清洁技术为例

• 批准号: 1103201
• 负责人: Mark Mizruchi
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1103201&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Origination; Emergence

Doctoral Dissertation Research:Origination and Emergence of Economic Fields: The Case of CleantechSES - 1103201Mark Mizruchi (PI)Maria Farkas (co-PI)University of MichiganAbstractHistorically, economic scholarship has viewed the graduate buildup of changing practices as a strong indicator that a new economic field is emerging or forming. Recently, scholars have also found that labels, schemas, and their use by economic actors acquire substantive meaning -- in other words: they matter. But to date, we know little about where these meanings come from, how they are shaped, and to whose advantage. This dissertation asks the following questions. Who are the meaning makers in new economic fields being formed? What are actors trying to accomplish in contributing to meaning construction in a forming field? How do actors assert their preferred meanings and convince other actors to adopt them? To address these questions, this dissertation analyzes the emerging economic sector of cleantech through a mixed methods design. Cleantech is a new sector that comprises firms across industries working on new technologies that enable better use of limited environmental resources. Using a content analysis of press releases form a population of cleantech companies, the project tests hypotheses about what kinds of organizations succeed in creating meaning in a forming field. In a related study based on interviews and observations, the project examines the motivations, strategies and methods cleantech actors use to influence evolving meanings in their economic field. Broader ImpactsTypically, scholars treat the organizational environment in which firms or economic actors operate as an exogenous force. In contrast, this project will examine the degree to which individual firms/organizations act purposively to shape the larger environment in which they operate. Results of this project might inform municipal and state policies that seek to draw emerging economic sectors to their locales.

博士论文研究：经济领域的起源和出现：以清洁技术为例密歇根大学的Mark Mizruchi(PI)Maria Farkas(共同PI)历史上，经济学学者将不断变化的实践的毕业生人数视为一个新的经济领域正在出现或形成的强烈指标。最近，学者们还发现，标签、图式及其在经济行为者中的使用获得了实质性的意义--换句话说：它们很重要。但到目前为止，我们对这些意义从哪里来，它们是如何形成的，以及对谁有利，我们知之甚少。本文提出了以下问题。谁是正在形成的新经济领域的意义创造者？在形成场中，演员试图通过贡献意义构建来实现什么？演员如何主张他们喜欢的意思，并说服其他演员采纳他们的意思？为了解决这些问题，本文通过混合方法设计对新兴的清洁技术经济部门进行了分析。清洁技术是一个新的部门，它由不同行业的公司组成，致力于开发新技术，使有限的环境资源得到更好的利用。该项目通过对一大批清洁技术公司的新闻稿进行内容分析，测试了关于什么样的组织成功地在形成领域创造意义的假设。在一项基于采访和观察的相关研究中，该项目调查了清洁技术参与者在其经济领域影响不断演变的含义的动机、战略和方法。更广泛的影响通常，学者们将公司或经济参与者运作的组织环境视为一种外生力量。相反，这个项目将考察单个公司/组织在多大程度上有目的地采取行动，以塑造他们所处的更大环境。这个项目的结果可能会为寻求将新兴经济部门吸引到当地的市政和州政策提供参考。