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Organizational Reputation and Jurisdictional Claims

The Case of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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ID7293284
AuthorsMoshe Maor (0000-0003-0411-2977, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume23
Issue1
Pages133-159
Publication date2009-12-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGovernance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01470.x
OpenAlexW2017407775
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited35

When do regulatory agencies expand, following the emergence of novel technologies? This article presents a verbal model that suggests that a regulator is most likely to announce that it has statutory authority to regulate a novel technology when its reputation is at stake. This is most likely to occur when (1) new information becomes available to the regulator regarding the seriousness of the anticipated harm of a novel technology, or (2) a rival regulator attempts to formalize its regulatory authority or fails to do so although officially required to. A historical–institutional analysis of the temporal process leading to jurisdictional claims by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over gene therapy, laboratory‐developed complex diagnostic tests, human tissue transplants, and human cloning supports the model's prediction

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Citations per year3,31
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 53

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