Inter-organizational imitation: Definition and typology

Bilal Bourkha () and Younes Belfellah
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Bilal Bourkha: IAE Lille - IAE Lille University School of Management - Lille - Université de Lille
Younes Belfellah: IAE Pau - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Pau - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

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Abstract: The sustained idea of this article is that the concept of imitation has not been sufficiently developed in the field of strategic management and has often been confused with the notion of mimicry. Therefore, the objective of this research is to emphasize the distinction between different types of imitation unlike a lot of research on companies imitative behavior focused on one type as the perfect imitation. This will clarify ambiguities in the literature on imitation, and show that the mobilization of neo institutional theory is not sufficient to explain all the imitative behavior of organizations in a market.

Date: 2017
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Published in Accounting and Financial Control, 2017, 1 (1), pp.23 - 31. ⟨10.25161/afc.1(1).2017.03⟩

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DOI: 10.25161/afc.1(1).2017.03

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