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1、StructuralAnalysisintheSocialSciences1IntercorporateRelationsWithinthelastdecade,researchersstudyingbusinessorganizationshavecometorealizethatcorporatebehaviorcannotbeexplainedintermsoftheactionsofindividualfirmsalone,andthatinordertounderstandhowbusinessesoperateitis
2、necessarytoexploretherelationshipsamongthem.Thisvolumeconstitutesthefirstcompilationofworkbyleadinginternationalscholarswhohaveadoptedastructuralapproachtothestudyofbusiness,takingrelationsamongcompaniesasthefundamentalunitofanalysis,andexaminingthebehaviorofindividua
3、lfirmswithinthisframework.Intheirintroductiontothevolume,theeditorsanalyzethehistoricalandintellectualcontextofthisrapidlygrowingareaofresearch.Theessaysthatfollowincludepositionstatementsbyleadingspokespersonsforthetwomajorstructuralperspectivesonintercorporaterelati
4、ons-theresourcedependenceandsocialclassviews;nationalstudiesofthecomparativehistoricaldevelopmentofintercorporatestructuresinBritain,FranceandGermany;essaysonmarkets,money,andrelationsbetweencorporationsandcities;analysesofbusinessstructuresinEurope,LatinAmerica,Japan
5、andtheUS;andachapterontransnationalbusinessrelations.Thevolumeasawholewilldemonstratetoabroaderpublicthesignificanceandvalueofastructuralapproachtobusinessstudies,andwillappealtosociologists,organizationtheorists,businessscholars,economists,politicalscientists,andbusi
6、nesshistorians.StructuralAnalysisintheSocialSciencesSeriesEditor:MarkGranovetterAdvisoryBoard:PeterBlauLintonFreemanFranzPappiRonaldBreigerMaureenHallinanEverettRogersRonaldBurtNanLinCharlesTillyRandallCollinsJ.ClydeMitchellBarryWellmanClaudeFischerNicholasMullinsHarr
7、isonWhiteIntercorporateRelations:TheStructuralAnalysisofBusinessisthefirstvolumeofaCambridgeUniversityPressseries,StructuralAnalysisintheSocialSciences,whichwillpresentapproachesthatexplainsocialbehaviorandinstitutionsbyreferencetorelationsamongsuchconcretesocialentit
8、iesaspersonsandorganizations.Thiscontrastswithatleastfourotherpopularstrategies:(1)reductionistattemptstoexplainbyafocusonin