The evolution of organizational niches: U.S. automobile manufacturers, 1885-1981.

From: Administrative Science Quarterly | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Although the niche figures prominently in contemporary theories of organization, analysts often fail to tie micro processes within the niche to long-term changes in the broader environment. In this paper, we advance arguments about the relationship between an organization's niche and evolution in the structure of its organizational population over time. We focus on the technological niche and processes of positioning and crowding among firms in the niche space, relating them to the level of concentration among all firms in the market. Building on previous empirical studies in organizational ... 

<7                               0.66  (3.85)    2.22   (5.57) 
 u [greater than or equal to] 7     -0.11 (-0.35)    1.70   (3.35) 
Relative size (x [10.sup.-3])       -0.02 (-2.23)   -0.03  (-2.45) 
Industry concentration (C4)          0.66  (1.71)    2.44   (4.13) 
Evolutionary processes: 
 Scale competition x Size><7                               1.58   (3.19) 
  u [greater than or equal to] 7      1.03   (1.74) 
Relative size (x [10.sup.-3])        -0.03  (-2.45) 
Industry concentration (C4)           1.32   (1.80) 
Evolutionary processes: 
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