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Article: The Supportive Factors of Firms' Collusive Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Cartels in the European Union
Title | The Supportive Factors of Firms' Collusive Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Cartels in the European Union |
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Keywords | cartels motivation-opportunity factors rational choice organizational misconduct |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Organization Studies, 2014, v. 35, n. 6, p. 881-908 How to Cite? |
Abstract | While cartels can be highly detrimental to society and create important economic and social costs for different stakeholders, the literature on organization studies has focused very little on cartels to date. In particular, we still do not know much about firms' reasons for taking part in cartels. In this study, we build on the rational choice perspective in organizational misconduct to investigate the conditions supporting firms' collusive behavior. We organize our theoretical arguments around the factors related to motivation and opportunity. Using a sample of cartels in the European Union, our empirical analysis gives evidence for our main arguments: the propensity to participate to a cartel is supported not only by the characteristics of the firm, but also by internal factors interacting with the attributes of the environment in which the firm is embedded. Implications for firms and policy makers are discussed. © The Author(s) 2014. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301775 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 5.349 |
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dc.contributor.author | Bertrand, Olivier | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lumineau, Fabrice | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fedorova, Evgenia | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-19T02:20:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-19T02:20:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Organization Studies, 2014, v. 35, n. 6, p. 881-908 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0170-8406 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301775 | - |
dc.description.abstract | While cartels can be highly detrimental to society and create important economic and social costs for different stakeholders, the literature on organization studies has focused very little on cartels to date. In particular, we still do not know much about firms' reasons for taking part in cartels. In this study, we build on the rational choice perspective in organizational misconduct to investigate the conditions supporting firms' collusive behavior. We organize our theoretical arguments around the factors related to motivation and opportunity. Using a sample of cartels in the European Union, our empirical analysis gives evidence for our main arguments: the propensity to participate to a cartel is supported not only by the characteristics of the firm, but also by internal factors interacting with the attributes of the environment in which the firm is embedded. Implications for firms and policy makers are discussed. © The Author(s) 2014. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Organization Studies | - |
dc.subject | cartels | - |
dc.subject | motivation-opportunity factors | - |
dc.subject | rational choice | - |
dc.subject | organizational misconduct | - |
dc.title | The Supportive Factors of Firms' Collusive Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Cartels in the European Union | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0170840613515471 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84906732761 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 35 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 881 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 908 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1741-3044 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000337957600004 | - |