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Social networks, competition, and institutionalization : = An integrated perspective on social influence in innovation diffusion.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social networks, competition, and institutionalization :/
Reminder of title:	An integrated perspective on social influence in innovation diffusion.
Author:	Wang, Chunlei.
Description:	1 online resource (115 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-05, Section: A, page: 2005.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-05A.
Subject:	Organizational behavior. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780549622659

Social networks, competition, and institutionalization : = An integrated perspective on social influence in innovation diffusion.
Wang, Chunlei.

Social networks, competition, and institutionalization :An integrated perspective on social influence in innovation diffusion. - 1 online resource (115 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-05, Section: A, page: 2005.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references

How does social structure influence social action? The diffusion of an innovation across actors in a social system is an ideal setting to investigate this question. Previous research argues that the decision of an actor to adopt an innovation is influenced by those of network contacts, those of competitors, and the institutional legitimacy of the innovation. However, few efforts have been made to synthesize the various theoretical themes that have characterized research on innovation diffusion. This dissertation contends that the efficacy of relational social structure, either cohesive or competitive, in predicting innovation adoption is contingent on the institutional environment of an innovation. Actors are more likely to imitate their network contacts and competitors when they are uncertain about the essence and merits of an innovation. As it becomes institutionalized, gaining cognitive and evaluative legitimacy, the influence of network connections and competition decreases. I study the diffusion of market entry into the Internet industry across worldwide venture capital firms from 1994 to 2002. The results of event history analysis models show that the decision of a venture capital firm was influenced by those of network contacts and competitors in the early uncertain period when investing in the Internet industry was less well understood or acknowledged. As the practice became taken for granted, the effects of relational social structure, both cohesive and competitive, weakened.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780549622659Subjects--Topical Terms:

557544
Organizational behavior.
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554714
Electronic books.

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