Toward a Micro Corrective of Structural Differentiation Theory

1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Colomy ◽  
Gary Rhoades
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Coalition Formation ◽  
Structural Differentiation ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Institutional Entrepreneurs ◽  
Differentiation Theory ◽  
Entrepreneurial Organization ◽  
Group Negotiation ◽  
The Impact

This article argues that the synthetic turn in recent discussions of the micro-macro problem provide a basis for critically assessing structural differentiation theory. That theory suffers from a macro bias, which is reflected in its inability to account for variable patterns of structural change, its neglect of how coalition formation and group negotiation and conflict affect the course of differentiation, and its constricted conception of the consequences of differentiation. A micro corrective, organized around an elaboration of the notion of institutional entrepreneurs, concepts taken from social movement theory, and empirical findings from comparative and historical case studies of structural change, is proposed. That corrective discusses the impact of an institutional project, entrepreneurial organization building, and strategies for enlisting support and defusing resistance on the establishment of new levels of differentiation.

Statistical Approaches to Structural Change in Regional Interindustry Models

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1189-1207
Author(s):  
B Ó Huallacháin
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Multivariate Statistical Analyses ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
State Data ◽  
System A ◽  
Statistical Approaches ◽  
The Impact

The conventional approach to assessing structural change in regional input – output tables is to measure the impact of coefficient change on the estimation of outputs and multipliers. The methods developed and tested in this paper focus exclusively on the coefficients. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses can be used to identify and measure various types of changes ranging from coefficient instability to changes in interindustry relationships as a system. A distinction is made between structural changes in input relationships and those in output relationships. The methods are tested by using Washington State data for the years 1963 and 1967. The results are compared with previous analyses of change in these data.

scholarly journals The Centre Does Not Hold: Coalition Politics and Party System Change in the Netherlands, 2002–12

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huib Pellikaan ◽  
Sarah L. de Lange ◽  
Tom W.G. van der Meer
Keyword(s):  
Coalition Formation ◽  
Party System ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Coalition Politics ◽  
Coalition Formation Process ◽  
The Impact

Like many party systems across Western Europe, the Dutch party system has been in flux since 2002 as a result of a series of related developments, including the decline of mainstream parties which coincided with the emergence of radical right-wing populist parties and the concurrent dimensional transformation of the political space. This article analyses how these challenges to mainstream parties fundamentally affected the structure of party competition. On the basis of content analysis of party programmes, we examine the changing configuration of the Dutch party space since 2002 and investigate the impact of these changes on coalition-formation patterns. We conclude that the Dutch party system has become increasingly unstable. It has gradually lost its core through electoral fragmentation and mainstream parties’ positional shifts. The disappearance of a core party that dominates the coalition-formation process initially transformed the direction of party competition from centripetal to centrifugal. However, since 2012 a theoretically novel configuration has emerged in which no party or coherent group of parties dominates competition.

DISRUPTION AND SOCIAL MEDIA — ENTRANT FIRMS AS INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURS

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 1440006 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOFER LAURELL ◽  
CHRISTIAN SANDSTRÖM
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
Institutional Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Impact

Technological change often leads to competitive turbulence in established industries. Little is known about how the introduction of social media affects incumbent and entrant firms. This paper explores the impact of social media on the fashion journalism industry. Our findings show that entrant fashion bloggers have toppled incumbent fashion journalists. Through a netnographic analysis of published blog content, we argue that entrants have become dominant by transforming the profession of fashion journalism and in doing so, they have acted as institutional entrepreneurs. We argue that entrants are less bound by established institutional practices and that their ability to redefine the dominant logic of an industry can explain why they have outperformed incumbents.

Trade Liberalization, Structural Change, and Economic Growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 407-441
Author(s):  
Michael Landesmann ◽  
Neil Foster-McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Trade Theory ◽  
New Trade Theory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Trade and the integration of countries into the global economy is one of the main forces shaping the structural composition of economies, an effect which in turn is expected to impact upon productivity and growth. Structural change can be restrained or reinforced by international trade. This chapter reviews the theory on the relationship between trade and trade liberalization and both structural change and growth, from the contributions of Adam Smith to the more recent new new trade theory beginning with the work of Melitz. The chapter further discusses the existing empirical evidence on the relationship between trade and structural change, before concluding by presenting evidence on the impact of trade liberalization on productivity growth for a broad sample of countries, further decomposing the effect into an effect due to structural change and an effect due to within sector productivity developments.

Structural Change and its Impact on Industrial Relations

1992 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
C S Venkata Ratnam
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Macroeconomic Policy ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Industrial Policies ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Impact

The National Seminar on Economic Changes, Employment and Industrial Relations focused on the impact of macroeconomic policy changes on employment and industrial relations in the short as well as in the long run. This background paper by C S Venkata Ratnam argues for the need to bring .about changes in labour policies in tune with the industrial policies.

Social Movements as Extra-Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Effect of Protests on Stock Price Returns

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brayden G King ◽  
Sarah A. Soule
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
Movement Theory ◽  
Institutional Entrepreneurs ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
The Media ◽  
Focal Event ◽  
Using Data

This paper uses social movement theory to examine one way in which secondary stakeholders outside the corporation may influence organizational processes, even if they are excluded from participating in legitimate channels of organizational change. Using data on activist protests of U.S. corporations during 1962–1990, we examine the effect of protests on abnormal stock price returns, an indicator of investors' reactions to a focal event. Empirical analysis demonstrates that protests are more influential when they target issues dealing with critical stakeholder groups, such as labor or consumers, and when generating greater media coverage. Corporate targets are less vulnerable to protest when the media has given substantial coverage to the firm prior to the protest event. Past media attention provides alternative information to investors that may contradict the messages broadcast by protestors.

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