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Direct linkRuef, Martin; Patterson, Kelly – Social Forces, 2009
Under conditions of uncertainty, we predict that development will be tied to the idiosyncrasy of organizational forms represented within local regions. Our investigation applies this theory to data on 342 counties and 43,352 businesses in the U.S. South during Reconstruction, finding support for the thesis that organizational idiosyncrasy…
Descriptors: United States History, Community Development, Business, Counties
Britton, Marcus; Ocasio, William – Social Forces, 2007
What factors affect where organizations locate facilities in local communities? This paper examines how urban development influenced the neighborhood location of two very different types of facilities, general hospitals and orphanages, over the 70-year period during which Chicago emerged as an urban metropolis. Our results suggest that the human…
Descriptors: Ecology, Hospitals, Children, Child Welfare
