The Structuringof Working Relationships in Small Firms: Towards a Formal Framework
针对小企业行为受市场和社会制度双重影响的现象，提出了一个正式框架，分析外部环境和内部资源如何塑造不同类型小企业的工作关系结构，并用实例说明。
Small firms operating in competitive conditions are often assumed to follow the dictates of the market. Existing institutionalist research shows that they are in fact embedded in networks and thus shaped by social institutions. It does not, however, show how different types of firm are embedded in different ways. A formal framework is thus developed, setting out the external context and internal resources that shape small firms’ behaviour. The framework is illustrated with empirical examples, and a research programme is outlined.