The Sociology of Entrepreneurship, Volume 25

List of Contributors......Page 1
Editorial board......Page 3
Introduction......Page 4
A Brief History of the Sociology of Entrepreneurship......Page 6
The Sociology of Entrepreneurship After Weber......Page 11
Is Entrepreneurship a Marginal Subfield?......Page 16
Defining Entrepreneurship......Page 17
Ideology and the Sociology of Entrepreneurship......Page 20
Contemporary Research on Entrepreneurship......Page 21
Conclusion......Page 25
References......Page 27
A Life Course Perspective on Occupational Inheritance: Self-employed Parents and their Children......Page 33
Introduction......Page 34
Why Care about Parent to Child Occupational Transmission?......Page 35
The Life Course Perspective......Page 36
Importance of History......Page 37
Relevant Research: Data Sets......Page 39
Inflow Studies......Page 41
Transition Probability Studies......Page 42
The Meaning of ‘‘Occupation’’ in Occupational Inheritance Research......Page 43
Genetic Influences: General Considerations......Page 44
Genetic Influences on Occupational Attainment and Work Values......Page 46
Parenting......Page 48
Parenting: Work Values......Page 49
Parenting: Gender Differences......Page 50
Parenting: Ethnographic Studies......Page 51
Parenting: Vocational Interests and Occupational Choices......Page 52
Adolescence into Adulthood......Page 53
Difficulties in Linking Adolescent Experience to Entrepreneurship......Page 54
Adolescent Occupational Aspirations......Page 55
Acquiring and Reinforcing Occupational Values......Page 56
Occupational Inheritance in Denmark......Page 58
PSED Study Design......Page 59
Results from the PSED Analysis......Page 61
Children’s Employment in Parents’ Businesses......Page 63
Financial Support......Page 67
Social Capital......Page 69
Conclusions and Implications......Page 71
The Life Course Perspective......Page 72
Adulthood......Page 73
Adolescence......Page 74
Notes......Page 75
References......Page 78
Closure and Exposure: Mechanisms in the Intergenerational Transmission of Self-employment......Page 83
Mechanisms in the Transmission of Self-employment......Page 87
Aspirations......Page 88
Entrepreneurial Skills......Page 89
Financial Capital......Page 90
Social Capital......Page 91
Hypotheses......Page 92
Data and Methods......Page 96
Sample......Page 98
Definition of Self-Employment......Page 99
Definition of Parental Variables......Page 100
Definition of Risk Set......Page 101
Results......Page 102
Discussion......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 118
Notes......Page 119
References......Page 122
Boundary Formation in Emergent Organizations......Page 125
Introduction......Page 126
Boundary Emergence and the Startup Process......Page 128
Transaction Costs and Functionality......Page 130
Resource Configuration and Functionality......Page 131
Social Networks and Trust......Page 132
Homophily and Trust......Page 133
Data......Page 134
Measures......Page 135
Independent and Control Variables......Page 137
Operationalizing Asset-specificity......Page 138
Results......Page 143
Discussion......Page 147
Notes......Page 149
References......Page 150
Revisiting the Enclave Hypothesis: Miami Twenty-five Years Later......Page 154
Introduction......Page 155
Testing the Enclave Hypothesis......Page 156
Revisiting the Cuban Enclave in Miami......Page 162
Preliminary Findings......Page 165
Multivariate Analysis: Income Determinants......Page 172
Multivariate Results: Determinants of Self-Employment......Page 178
Conclusion......Page 183
References......Page 185
The Force of Regulation in the Land of the Free: The Persistence of Chinatown, Washington DC as a Symbolic Ethnic Enclave......Page 188
Introduction......Page 189
Entrepreneurship Theory......Page 195
Chinatown and the Regulation of Ethnic Theming......Page 201
Conclusions......Page 208
References......Page 210
From Vulnerable to Venerated: The Institutionalization of Academic Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences......Page 214
Introduction......Page 215
Entrepreneurship in the University Context......Page 216
Individual-Level Factors......Page 220
Work Context......Page 221
Period Effects......Page 222
Data Sources......Page 224
Findings......Page 226
Attributes......Page 230
Network Formation......Page 241
Summary and Implications......Page 247
Acknowledgments......Page 251
References......Page 252
Start-ups in Science: Entrepreneurs, Diverse Backing, and Novelty Outside Business......Page 255
Evidence from Arabidopsis......Page 265
Publication Data......Page 266
Principal Investigators and Their Labs......Page 269
Novel Activities......Page 270
Funding Diversity......Page 275
Controls......Page 277
Modeling Strategy......Page 279
Descriptive Statistics......Page 280
Results......Page 286
Discussion......Page 292
Notes......Page 295
References......Page 296
Turning Identity into Form: The Cause and Consequence for Kaiser Permanente of Becoming an HMO......Page 300
Organizational Identity......Page 302
Organizational Form......Page 303
Organizational Field......Page 304
The Era of Professional Dominance, 1930-1965......Page 305
The Era of Federal Involvement, 1966-1982......Page 309
The Era of Managed Care, 1983-present......Page 314
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 319
Acknowledgments......Page 323
References......Page 324
Entrepreneurship at the Margins of Society: Founding Dynamics in Gray (Sex Shops) and Black Markets (Mafia)......Page 328
Legitimacy and Diffusion of Organizational Forms......Page 330
Legitimacy as Categorization......Page 332
Legitimacy and New Organizational Forms: The Role of Language and Discourse......Page 333
The Definition of Organizational Forms as Social Categorization......Page 334
Gray and Black Markets: A Borderline Case for Legitimacy......Page 336
A Black Market and Legitimation: The Diffusion of Mafia in Milan......Page 337
Gray Market and Legitimacy: The Evolution of Sex Shops in Milan......Page 342
Moving from Black to White through Gray: Samba Schools in Rio......Page 346
Three Populations, a Single History......Page 352
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 353
Notes......Page 356
References......Page 357