Organizational Dependence: An Exploration of External Power Relationships of Companies
基于荷兰66家公司的数据，构建了三种商业绑定机制指数，检验了明茨伯格关于外部控制的假设，并提出了商业联系与自主性的新假设。
The concept of dependence is developed by explication of the concept used in the Aston Programme, and by elaboration from new data. Data from a study of 66 companies in The Netherlands go beyond the Aston dependence scales to construct indices for three different types of commercial binding mechanisms as used by companies: (1) striving for active control of 'partners', (2) reacting to relations of dependence, and (3) safeguarding production rationality. Mintzberg's hypothesis regarding external control is tested and a new one regarding commercial ties and autonomy is offered. The existence of a large variety of interorganizational control mechanisms is em phasized.