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The Interrelationship between Structure and Collective Actors: A Concept for a Dynamic-Reciprocal Model of Structural Change

Die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Struktur und kollektiven Akteuren: Konzept für ein dynamisch-reziprokes Modell strukturellen Wandels
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Peters, Robert

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explain the emergence of a new practice (i.e., relocation) and the role of entrepreneurial groups in this emergence based on the revealing case of the early-modern needle industry in Germany. In the 18th century, Aachen became the leading location for needle product... view more

The purpose of this article is to explain the emergence of a new practice (i.e., relocation) and the role of entrepreneurial groups in this emergence based on the revealing case of the early-modern needle industry in Germany. In the 18th century, Aachen became the leading location for needle production in the entire western world. The city’s industrial rise was intrinsically linked to the emergence of an entrepreneurial group: A small group of needlemakers oligopolized the regional needle branch within a few years and created substantial competitive advantages for the production site. In order to analyze the reciprocity of structure and agency, I draw on Wolfgang König’s agency-structure concept (ASC) and Paul Thomes’ three-phase change model (TCM). I integrate both approaches into a dynamic-reciprocal model of structural change (DRSC). By doing so, I aim to amplify the concept of institutional entrepreneurship (IE).... view less

Keywords
diffusion; Federal Republic of Germany; social actor; historiography; historical development; reciprocity; regulation; socioeconomic development; structural change; interdependence; entrepreneurship; methodology; economic structure; innovation; change of location; enterprise; economic sector

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods

Free Keywords
Entrepreneurial groups; agency; dynamic-reciprocal model of structural change; DRSC

Document language
English

Publication Year
2019

Page/Pages
p. 96-128

Journal
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 4

Issue topic
Collective Engagement in Entrepreneurship: Sociological and Historical Reflections upon Entrepreneurial Groups and Entrepreneurial Families

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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