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

企业集团是一种特殊的企业组织形式，几乎存在于每一个市场经济中。通常，他们在这些经济体的发展中发挥着重要作用。虽然它们独特的组织结构和与经济增长的密切关系引起了人们的关注，但这种组织形式并没有令人满意的解释。本博士论文研究项目将研究台湾百强企业集团的形成、演化与经济绩效。与以市场为中心的理论、文化争论和组织社会学中的新制度主义相比，它提出了一种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个商业集团的增长模式，以及1973年、1986年和1994年234个商业集团的结构变化。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认识，有助于建立经济组织的一般理论，而且对东亚经济发展也有借鉴意义。

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.