Taking off: Category contrast and organizational mortality in the UK airline industry, 1919–64

Jeroen G. Kuilman and Filippo Carlo Wezel
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Jeroen G. Kuilman: EM - EMLyon Business School

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Abstract: This study analyzes the role of Category contrast in the context of an emerging industry. The level of contrast, the degree to which a category stands out from its background, appears to be an important aspect of the legitimation process, but as of yet poorly understood. The article explores three potential roles: as providing legitimacy to the category as such, as allowing for legitimacy spillovers to peripheral members, and as strengthening density-dependent legitimation. The study investigates these potential roles using longitudinal data on organizational naming patterns in the early passenger airline industry in the United Kingdom.

Date: 2013-02-01
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Published in Strategic Organization, 2013, 11 (1), pp.56-77 P

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