조직생태학적 기회구조와 벤처 창업률 : 한국 영화산업 벤처 설립률의 조직생태학적 분석, 1919~2004

From a perspective of organizational ecology which pays attention to the dynamics at the population level, this study examines the factors affecting the venture founding rate of Korean film production firms. Without taking much into consideration the effects of outside environment and competing organizations’ decisions, previous venture studies have often explained venture founding as an outcome of individual entrepreneurs’ or firms’ independent decisions. Venture founding, however, cannot be regarded as an outcome of individual entrepreneurs’ or individual firms’ independent decisions, but should be regarded as an outcome of interaction in which individual entrepreneurs or firms make decision taking into account the effects of external environment and competing organizations’ decisions. To understand venture founding process properly, therefore, we should pay attention not only to the dynamics at the level of individual entrepreneur or individual firm, but also to the dynamics at the level of organizational population. This study examines the conditions of venture founding in the Korean film industry from an organizational ecology perspective. Specifically, by using the event count analysis, this study demonstrates that population density, the strength of venture founding bandwagon, and the level of market segmentation have significant effects on the venture founding rates of Korean film production firms.