Construct · 3 fields · 5 citations

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borrowed for mixed firmsborrowed for mixed powerhybrid3 CONSTRUCTSHybrid organismKÖLREUTER · HYBRID PLANTHybrid formWILLIAMSON · HYBRID FORMHybrid vehicleCHAN · HYBRID VEHICLE

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Biology and genetics

Offspring of two distinct parents

The living offspring produced when two genetically distinct parents, drawn from different species, subspecies, or varieties, are crossed. Kölreuter's 1761 Vorläufige Nachricht von einigen das Geschlecht der Pflanzen betreffenden Versuchen und Beobachtungen reported the first deliberate plant hybrids and showed they carried a blend of both parents' traits, and Mendel's 1866 Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden traced how those traits reappeared in fixed ratios across later generations. The referent is an individual organism of mixed parentage, counted as one plant or animal and described by which traits it inherited, and it is not a word stitched from two languages, a firm that mixes governance modes, or a car with two power sources.[1][2]

Unit
One organism of mixed parentage, counted as a single plant or animal
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Not applicable
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Confirmed by parentage records, comparison of traits against both parents, and genetic markers

Organization and management theory

A governance mode between market and hierarchy

An organizational arrangement that sits between the open market and the fully owned firm, using long-term contracts, alliances, or franchising to coordinate parties who stay legally separate. Williamson's 1991 Comparative Economic Organization named the hybrid as a distinct governance mode, with incentives and controls set between those of a market and a hierarchy, and Battilana and Lee's 2014 Advancing Research on Hybrid Organizing extended the label to firms that combine competing institutional logics, such as social enterprises pursuing mission and profit at once. The referent is a way of governing an economic exchange, classified by its contracts and controls, and it is not a crossbred organism, a mixed-origin word, or a car with two power sources.[3][4]

Unit
One governance arrangement between two or more separate parties
Recovery means
Not applicable
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Classified by contract type, ownership, and the strength of incentives and administrative controls

Automotive engineering

A vehicle with two power sources

A vehicle that draws motive power from two or more distinct sources, most often an internal combustion engine paired with an electric motor and battery. The arrangement dates to the Lohner-Porsche of 1900, and Chan's 2007 review The State of the Art of Electric, Hybrid, and Fuel Cell Vehicles laid out the modern series, parallel, and series-parallel architectures and how they divide the load between engine and motor to cut fuel use. The referent is a physical powertrain with more than one energy converter, rated by fuel economy and power split, and it bears no relation to a crossbred organism, a mixed-origin word, or an intermediate kind of firm.[5]

Unit
One vehicle powertrain that combines two or more energy sources
Recovery means
Not applicable
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Rated by fuel economy, electric range, and the power split between engine and motor

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hybridization3 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsgovernance4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructshierarchy4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Kölreuter, J. G. (1761). Vorläufige Nachricht von einigen das Geschlecht der Pflanzen betreffenden Versuchen und Beobachtungen. Leipzig.
  2. Mendel, G. (1866). Versuche über Pflanzen-Hybriden. Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn, 4, 3–47.
  3. Williamson, O. E. (1991). Comparative economic organization: The analysis of discrete structural alternatives. Administrative Science Quarterly, 36(2), 269–296. https://doi.org/10.2307/2393356
  4. Battilana, J., & Lee, M. (2014). Advancing research on hybrid organizing: Insights from the study of social enterprises. Academy of Management Annals, 8(1), 397–441. https://doi.org/10.1080/19416520.2014.893615
  5. Chan, C. C. (2007). The state of the art of electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. Proceedings of the IEEE, 95(4), 704–718. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2007.892489

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