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Industry institutions, social capital, and firm participation in industrial development

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  • Philip R. Tomlinson

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Industry institutions and trade associations represent the "collective interests" of an industry's constituent firms and play a prominent role in industrial development. Yet, the strength and efficacy of industry institutions to promote these "collective interests," depends upon the active support and participation of member firms. This is essentially a collective action problem. By aligning Olson's (1971) logics of collective action framework with Nahapiet and Ghoshal's (1998) dimensions of social capital, this article uses survey data from 381 firms from across five UK manufacturing sectors to explore the factors that affect the propensity for firms to participate in industry institution led initiatives. The results suggest the propensity of firms participating in collective activities rises where "shared interests" emerge, although the over-riding factor is the extent to which firms perceive their own ability to influence and shape the direction of such activities (the logic of influence). Copyright 2012 The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Associazione ICC. All rights reserved., Oxford University Press.

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  • Philip R. Tomlinson, 2012. "Industry institutions, social capital, and firm participation in industrial development," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 21(1), pages 1-29, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:21:y:2012:i:1:p:1-29
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    1. Nectarios Oudeniotis & George O. Tsobanoglou, 2022. "Interorganizational Cooperation and Social Capital Formation among Social Enterprises and Social Economy Organizations: A Case Study from the Region of Attica, Greece," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Hatani, Faith, 2016. "Institutional plasticity in public-private interactions: Why Japan’s port reform failed," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 51(6), pages 923-936.
    3. Jiang Wei & Minfei Zhou & Mark Greeven & Hongyan Qu, 2016. "Economic governance, dual networks and innovative learning in five Chinese industrial clusters," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 33(4), pages 1037-1074, December.
    4. Osabutey, Ellis L.C. & Croucher, Richard, 2018. "Intermediate institutions and technology transfer in developing countries: The case of the construction industry in Ghana," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 154-163.

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