Resource partitioning and the evolution of specialist organizations: The role of location and identity in the US wine industry

Swaminathan, A.

doi:10.2307/3069395

Resource partitioning and the evolution of specialist organizations: The role of location and identity in the US wine industry

Swaminathan, A.

Authors

A. Swaminathan

Abstract

Analyses of founding and mortality rates of specialist organizations in the U.S. wine industry over the period 1941-90 support Carroll's (1985) location-based resource-partitioning model-crowding of generalists in the market center creates opportunities for specialists. Further, specialists are adversely affected when they violate their organizational form's identity characteristics and also when generalists can assume a robust identity allowing them to operate in both specialist and generalist industry segments. The results suggest a prominent role for an organizational form's identity in resource partitioning.

Citation

Swaminathan, A. (2001). Resource partitioning and the evolution of specialist organizations: The role of location and identity in the US wine industry. Academy of Management Journal, 44(6), 1169-1185. https://doi.org/10.2307/3069395

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Dec 1, 2001
Deposit Date	Aug 27, 2008
Publicly Available Date	Dec 1, 2017
Journal	Academy of Management Journal
Print ISSN	0001-4273
Publisher	Academy of Management
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	44
Issue	6
Pages	1169-1185
DOI	https://doi.org/10.2307/3069395
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1540921