Resource Partitioning and Density Dependence : Perspective of Organization Ecology of Machine Tool Industry in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsien-Chang Meng, 孟憲章
• Other Authors: Shin-Tien Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/16002884344336840028

碩士 === 國防管理學院 === 後勤管理研究所 === 91 === Organizational ecology primarily focuses on the perspective that the new organizational forms are selected by the environment. Most of researches support the important approaches to studying organizational mortality from resource-partitioning theory and density dependence theory. The former places primary emphasis on an organization’s location in resource space, especially relative to other types of organizations. The latter concentrates on the density-dependent processes of legitimation and competition on organizational mortality. The above summary concerns the core of subject of organizational ecology. Only a few researches study the interaction effects of resource partitioning and density dependence. This paper extends previous literatures on organizational ecology and tries to combine with the context of resource-partitioning theory and density dependence theory using a sample of 1066 machine tool factories from 1968 to 2002 in Taiwan. Empirical results indicate that: (1) The higher the heterogeneity of market concentration was, the higher rate of organizational mortality was. And market center too. (2) Density at time of founding has a negative and significant effect on organizational mortality. (3) There is not a U-shaped relationship between mortality rate and population density. That is, a negative relationship is found between mortality rate and population density at the low density level. The mortality rate decreases as population density increases, at least up to some point. But, beyond that point, the mortality rate does not increases. (4) There was no significant correlation between the organizational patters and organizational mortality. (5) There was no significant correlation between organizational mortality and the interaction effects of resource partitioning and organizational patters. (6) The effect of market center on organizational mortality is moderated by the density at time of founding. The effect of the density at time of mortality is moderated by resource partitioning.