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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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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