Legitimidade como uma barreira: Análise do processo de legitimação do cacau e chocolate premium brasileiros

Marina Henriques Viotto, Bruno Sutil and Maria Carolina Zanette

RAE - Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2018, vol. 58, issue 3

Abstract: How can a product be legitimated when the legitimation process includes another legitimate product as a barrier? To address this question, we conducted a process theorization through in-depth analysis of interviews and newspaper articles in the context of Brazilian premium cocoa and chocolate markets. We found that the legitimation process involving the interaction of different actors focused on building cul­tural-cognitive legitimacy was supported, in particular, by normative legitimacy. In this process, media appears as an important market ally in educating consumers. We used institutional theory to show that it is essential to address other legitimate products and the interaction of actors to understand the legi­timation process.

Date: 2018
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