Social Structure and the Dynamics of Interfirm Ties: The Audit Services Market, 1986 to 2002
Grbic, Douglas E.
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Description
Title
Social Structure and the Dynamics of Interfirm Ties: The Audit Services Market, 1986 to 2002
Author(s)
Grbic, Douglas E.
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Shin-Kap Han
Department of Study
Sociology
Discipline
Sociology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Sociology, Organizational
Language
eng
Abstract
These findings are consistent with two sociological observations. First, the dissolution and formation of market relations are affected by larger social structures of those relations. Second, market actors are not simply passive social entities, but rather their actions actively shape the social structure within which they are embedded. This study therefore contributes to our sociological understanding of market structure as a dynamic network process. The analytical approach taken here can be applied to similar markets for business services, and the findings speak the nature of contemporary corporate bigness and its attendant social problems.
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