From Categories to Categorization: Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads Vol: 51

Rodolphe Durrand
HEC Paris, France

Nina Granqvist
Aalto University, Finland

Anna Tyllström
Uppsala University, Finland


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Paperback
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9781800430204
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Emerald Publishing Limited
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416 pages - 152 x 229mm
Series:
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
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Categorization pervades economic life; products, services, firms and industries are continuously being classified by rivals, clients, experts and critics. A stream of research highlighting the importance of market and product categories for organizations and individuals has grown in importance during the past 40 years. This volume contains ten essays on categorization authored by some of the world’s leading scholars within sociology of markets, organization theory, and strategy research. It opens with revisiting the influential theory of “the categorical imperative”, and moves on to present various accounts of the social processes that form part of categorization and elaboration of their consequences. Together, the different chapters effectively show that categorization is a process, tightly connected to actors involved and their specific acts, the characteristics of the entity being categorized, and the context and timing informing these activities. As such, it complements the earlier cognitive perspectives by discussing the evaluative, social, and political manifestations of categorization.

SECTION I: INTRODUCTIONFrom Categories to Categorization: A Social Perspective on Market Categorization - Rodolphe Durand, Nina Granqvist and Anna TyllströmThe Categorical Imperative Revisited: Implications of Categorization as a Theoretical Tool - Ezra W. ZuckermanSECTION II: CATEGORIZATION AS POLITICS AND STRATEGYStrategic Categorization - Elizabeth G. Pontikes and Ruben KimHybrid Categories as Political Devices: The Case of Impact Investing in Frontier Markets - Q. C. Quinn and Kamal A. MunirThe Discursive Perespective of Market Categorization: Interaction, Power, and Context - Stine Grodal and Steven J. KahlSECTION III: CATEGORIZING THE UNKNOWNCategorical Anarchy in the UK? The British Media's Classification of Bitcoin and the Limits of Categorization - J. P. Vergne and Gautam SwainPrivacy in Public: Translating the Category of Privacy to the Digital Age - Kartikeya Bajpai and Klaus WeberThe Importance of Being Independent: The Role of Intermediaries in Creating Market Categories - Mukti KhaireSECTION IV: TIMES AND PLACES OF CATEGORIZATIONThings that Last? Category Creation, Imprinting, and Durability - Eunice Y. Rhee, Jade Y. Lo, Mark T. Kennedy, and Peer C. FissForging Concensus: An Integrated View of How Categories Shape the Perception of Organizational Identity - Lionel Paolella and Amanda SharkeyOpportunity, Status, and Similarity: Exploring the Varied Antecedents and Outcomes of Category Spanning Innovation - Tyler Wry and Adam R. CastorIndex
Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris, Paris, FranceNina Granqvist, Aalto University, Aalto, FinlandAnna Tyllström, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Finland

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