Author: | Baker, W. E. |
Title: | Market networks and corporate behavior |
Journal: | American Journal of Sociology
1990 : NOV, VOL. 96:3, p. 589-625 |
Index terms: | INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR MARKETS NETWORKS POWER BANKS COMPANIES |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | The purpose is to advance the sociological understanding of interorganizational relations. The organization - market interface - the pattern of direct market ties between a firm and its banks - is studied. A firm's interface is conceptualized as the international result of its efforts to reduce dependence and exploit power advantages. Observed interfaces are shown to be related systematically to various power-dependence concepts, including resource intensity, critically, power asymmetry between a firm and its main bank, organization size, standardization of exchange, and the use of tandem strategies. |
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