This paper theoretically and empirically engages the relationship between organizational
identity and deception using the market for early jazz recordings as a setting. In this setting …

We examine recorded jazz as a musical innovation of the early twentieth century. Consistent
with much research on radical innovations, the dominant incumbent record companies …

We empirically examine the institutional dynamics attending the process whereby legitimate
organizational symbols become illegitimate. We conducted two studies, one historical and …

Research on organizational celebrity is in its nascence, and our understanding of the
process through which organizations gain, maintain, and lose this asset remains incomplete …

In this article, I ask how firms negotiate dissonance between industry trends and day-to-day
market realities. By utilizing the independent record store as a case of an intermediary firm …

As the music industry pursues new revenue streams and consumer brands seek out new
means to differentiate themselves from one another amid considerable marketing clutter, the …

At their core, markets are exchange structures between producers and consumers, and
products are a key element that connects them together. Many new markets emerge in direct …

The article focuses on the cultural aspects of the craft beer industry. The author discusses
the history of craft brewing in the United States, including prohibition, examines the …

A great deal of research has argued for authenticity as a key firm-level attribute and source
of competitive advantage. But we know very little about the boundary conditions related to …

An organization's identity, symbolized by its corporate name, is rooted in institutional fields.
We advance the construct of symbolic isomorphism, or the resemblance of an organization's …