The Evolution of Organizations in the Biotechnology Industry

种群生态学是一种最近的方法来了解如何 组织诞生、成长和消亡。 种群生态学家 使用“利基”一词来指资源组合， 让特定的组织形式繁荣起来。 作为资源 潮起潮落，新的形式产生，旧的形式死亡。 的 本研究将集中在交换关系，通过 哪些组织获得资源。 研究人员将 通过分析生态位结构的动态模型， 组织网络，定义交换结构， 组织社区随着时间的推移而变化。 的 研究的组织共同体包括美国的 商业生物技术公司。 这是一个富有成果的竞技场， 研究组织利基，因为行业的快速发展， 发展催生了许多新的资源， 以及各种新的组织形式。 纵向 将收集有关结构和性能的数据， 从事商业生物技术以及 组织之间的关系。 数据将 分析了组织间联系的模式， 已经影响了生物技术的结构和生存机会 事务所 结果将导致理论上的锐化， “利基”概念，以及加强或了解 组织动力学

Population ecology is a recent approach to understanding how organizations are born, grow, and die. Population ecologists use the term "niche" to refer to combinations of resources that allow specific organizational forms to prosper. As resources ebb and flow, new forms are created while old forms die. The present research will focus on the exchange relations through which organizations obtain resources. The researchers will model the dynamics of niche structures by analyzing how the organizational networks that define the exchange structure of an organizational community change over time. The organizational community to be studied consists of U.S. commercial biotechnology firms. This is a fruitful arena for studying organizational niches since the industry's rapid development has spawned numerous new resources for organizing as well as a variety of new organizational forms. Longitudinal data will be collected on the structure and performance of organizations engaged in commercial biotechnology as well as on the relationships among the organizations. The data will be analyzed to specify how patterns of interorganizational ties have influenced the structure and life chances of biotechnology firms. The results will lead to a theoretical sharpening of the "niche" idea, as well as enhance or understanding of organizational dynamics.