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Conformity, replication of design and business niches
Conformity affects the choice and design of organizations; conformists replicate successful strategies, play along with the rules of the game and display inert behavior. Conformity leads to the dominance of one mode. The combined impact of conformity and inertia, and the existence of employment costs, switching costs and network externalities, may exclude equally or superior efficient modes from replacing the incumbent mode (the first mover). Unable to overcome these barriers to entry, efficient maverick organizations are forced into niches. This is illustrated with respect to niches formed by labor-managed firms and ethnic businesses.
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Journal of economic behavior and organizationVolume
30Issue
1Pagination
45 - 62Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0167-2681Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
1996, ElsevierUsage metrics
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