Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction 1
3. Travels of Ideas 13
4. Organizational Imitation in Identity Transformation 49
5. Imitating by Editing Success: The Construction of Organizational Fields 69
6. The Logic of Organizational Transformation: On the Conversion of Non-Business Organizations Anders Forssell and David Jansson 93
7. Technical and Aesthetic Fashion Eric Abrahamson 117
8. Deinstitutionalization and the Logic of Fashion Kjell-Arne Røvik 139
9. Global Transformations Tony Spybey 173
10. When Organization Travels: On Intercultural Translation Richard Rottenburg 191
11. Otherhood: The Promulgation and Transmission of Ideas in the Modern Organizational Environment John W. Meyer 241
12. References 253
13. On the Authors 273
14. Index 277