The three faces of competitization: From marketization to a multiplicity of competition

Carina Altreiter, Claudius Graebner (claudius@claudius-graebner.com), Stephan Puehringer (stephan.puehringer@jku.at), Ana Rogojanu and Georg Wolfmayr
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Carina Altreiter: Institute of Sociology and Social Research, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Claudius Graebner: Institute for Socio-Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, https://claudius-graebner.com/
Stephan Puehringer: Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Ana Rogojanu: Institute for European Ethnology, University of Vienna, Austria
Georg Wolfmayr: Institute for European Ethnology, University of Vienna, Austria
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Stephan Pühringer and Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch

No 146, ICAE Working Papers from Johannes Kepler University, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy

Abstract: The article is a contribution to the evolving field of competition research. More precisely our paper provides a comprehensive typology of the different ways competitization is and has been studied across different disciplines and research programs. The article goes beyond a classical literature review as it provides a systematic integration of a broad debate. Based on differences regarding analytical scope, ontology and normative connotations, we delineate three distinct ideal types or 'faces' of competitization and discuss some theoretical positions and empirical examples for each ideal type of competitization. As we show in the concluding part of the article, the typology offers a useful framework for categorizing key elements of competitization and exploring their interdependencies. Additionally, the framework offered in this article shows which forms of critique towards competitization are inherent to different approaches and where we find blind spots that can be illuminated by an integrated approach towards competitization.

Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2023-01
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