Prelims
ISBN: 978-1-78714-239-8, eISBN: 978-1-78714-238-1
ISSN: 0733-558X
Publication date: 17 March 2017
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(2017), "Prelims", Durand, R., Granqvist, N. and Tyllström, A. (Ed.) From Categories to Categorization: Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-x. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20170000051012
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FROM CATEGORIES TO CATEGORIZATION: STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGY AT THE CROSSROADS
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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS VOLUME 51
FROM CATEGORIES TO CATEGORIZATION: STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGY AT THE CROSSROADS
EDITED BY
RODOLPHE DURAND
HEC Paris, Paris, France
NINA GRANQVIST
Aalto University, Aalto, Finland
ANNA TYLLSTRÖM
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Finland
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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List of Contributors
| Kartikeya Bajpai | Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Adam R. Castor | SKK Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB), Seoul, South Korea |
| Rodolphe Durand | HEC Paris, Paris, France |
| Peer C. Fiss | Department of Management and Organization, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Nina Granqvist | Department of Management Studies, Aalto University School of Business, Aalto, Finland |
| Stine Grodal | Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston, MA, USA |
| Steven J. Kahl | Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
| Mark T. Kennedy | Imperial College, London, UK |
| Mukti Khaire | Johnson School of Management, Cornell Tech, New York, NY, USA |
| Ruben Kim | Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Jade Y. Lo | Department of Management, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Kamal A. Munir | Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| Lionel Paolella | Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| Elizabeth G. Pontikes | Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Q.C. Quinn | Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| Eunice Y. Rhee | Department of Management, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Amanda Sharkey | Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Gautam Swain | Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Canada |
| Anna Tyllström | Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| J.P. Vergne | Ivey Business School, Western University, London, Canada |
| Klaus Weber | Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
| Tyler Wry | Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Ezra W. Zuckerman | MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA |
Editorial Advisory Board
SERIES EDITOR
Michael Lounsbury
Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Alberta School of Business, Alberta, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Howard E. Aldrich
University of North Carolina, USA
Christine Beckman
University of Maryland, USA
Jeannette Colyvas
Northwestern University, USA
Barbara Czarniawska
Göteborg University, Sweden
Gerald F. Davis
University of Michigan, USA
Marie-Laure Djelic
ESSEC Business School, France
Frank R. Dobbin
Harvard University, USA
Royston Greenwood
University of Alberta, Canada
Mauro Guillen
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Paul M. Hirsch
Northwestern University, USA
Candace Jones
University of Edinburgh, UK
Brayden King
Northwestern University, USA
Ann Langley
HEC Montreal, Canada
Renate Meyer
Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
Mark Mizruchi
University of Michigan, USA
Nelson Phillips
Imperial College London, UK
Walter W. Powell
Stanford University, USA
Marc Schneiberg
Reed College, USA
W. Richard Scott
Stanford University, USA
Sarah Soule
Stanford University, USA
Haridimos Tsoukas
ALBA, Greece
Eero Vaara
Aalto, Finland
- Prelims
- Section I: Introduction
- From Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization
- The Categorical Imperative Revisited: Implications of Categorization as a Theoretical Tool
- Section II: Categorization as Politics and Strategy
- Strategic Categorization
- Hybrid Categories as Political Devices: The Case of Impact Investing in Frontier Markets
- The Discursive Perspective of Market Categorization: Interaction, Power, and Context
- Section III: Categorizing the Unknown
- Categorical Anarchy in the UK? The British Media’s Classification of Bitcoin and the Limits of Categorization
- Privacy in Public: Translating the Category of Privacy to the Digital Age
- The Importance of Being Independent: The Role of Intermediaries in Creating Market Categories
- Section IV: Times and Places of Categorization
- Things That Last? Category Creation, Imprinting, and Durability
- Forging Consensus: An Integrated View of How Categories Shape the Perception of Organizational Identity
- Opportunity, Status, and Similarity: Exploring the Varied Antecedents and Outcomes of Category Spanning Innovation
- About the Authors
- Index