Social Structure and the Dynamics of Interfirm Ties: The Audit Services Market, 1986 to 2002

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Grbic, Douglas E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Shin-Kap Han

• Sociology, Organizational

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3301139

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86224