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Perkmann, Markus and Spicer, André (2007) 'Healing the scars of history': projects, skills and field strategies in institutional entrepreneurship. Organization Studies, Vol.28 (No.7). pp. 1101-1122. doi:10.1177/0170840607078116 ISSN 0170-8406.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840607078116
Abstract
We explore what institutional entrepreneurs do to propagate new organizational forms. Our findings are derived from a longitudinal study of the 'Euroregion', an organizational form used by local authorities situated close to European borders for co-ordinating policies across borders. We find that the institutional entrepreneurs behind the Euroregion engaged in several types of institution-building projects, with a changing focus over time. While the initial emphasis was on interactional projects, this was followed by a focus on technical projects and finally cultural projects. The skills that the institutional entrepreneurs deployed changed accordingly. While in a first phase, predominantly political skills were used, later, analytical skills and finally cultural skills were added. Furthermore, the institutional entrepreneurs propagated the organizational form by switching their institution-building projects between different fields. We interpret these findings by outlining a process theory of institutional entrepreneurship that conceptualizes the institutional entrepreneur in light of its development as an innovating organization.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||
Official Date: | July 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.28 | ||||
Number: | No.7 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 22 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1101-1122 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0170840607078116 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 66th Annual Meeting of the Academy-of-Management | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Atlanta, GA | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | August 11-16, 2006 |
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