Similar Search Results

Why Organization Matters in “Algorithmic Discrimination”

Schwarting, Rena; Ulbricht, Lena - In: KZfSS - Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 74 (2022) S1, pp. 307-330

Research into “algorithmic discrimination” has largely dismissed the fact that algorithms are often developed and used by organizations. In this article, we show that organizational sociology can contribute to a more nuanced perspective on “algorithmic decision-making.” Drawing on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013272123

Court-ship, Kinship and Business: A Study on the Interaction between the Formal and the Informal Institutions and Its Effect on Entrepreneurship

Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani - 2015

In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the … informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak …, expansion of informal credit network leads to the proliferation of business. However, with a sufficiently strong court system …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513198