Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021COM004.
There have been growing calls in the field of management for pluralistic research, primarily because it allows for scientific discovery and advancement. However, despite these calls, the field of management is still homogenous in its research approaches and practices. This motivates the aim of this thesis, which is to explore, understand and promote pluralistic (qualitative) research. The...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013COM009.
Researchers have expressed growing interest in how organizations communicate their identities to claim institutional positioning (Foreman, Whetten, McPhee & Zaug, 2000) in their fields and to seek a strategic balance between legitimacy and distinctiveness (Deephouse, 1999). They have also paid increasing attention to less explored forms of organizational fields, such as...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2011 ; 2011ECO003.
This dissertation develops and tests theories on identity-based resource partitioning in the context of the German electricity market after deregulation in 1998. I apply insights from the recent theoretical development on organizational identity and pay special attention to the roles of audience heterogeneity which is observed through the lens of geography. Based on both theoretical arguments...
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