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Measuring the unmeasured : an institutional entrepreneur strategy in an emerging industry

dc.contributor.authorDéjean, Frédérique
dc.contributor.authorGond, Jean-Pascal
dc.contributor.authorLeca, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-04T14:30:00Z
dc.date.available2009-09-04T14:30:00Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.issn0018-7267
dc.identifier.urihttps://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/1478
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectInstitutional entrepreneur
dc.subjectSocial rating
dc.subjectSocially responsible investment
dc.subjectInstitutional strategy
dc.subjectMeasurement tools
dc.subjectCorporate social performance
dc.subject.ddc658.4en
dc.subject.classificationjelM1en
dc.subject.classificationjelM14en
dc.subject.classificationjelL9en
dc.titleMeasuring the unmeasured : an institutional entrepreneur strategy in an emerging industry
dc.typeArticle accepté pour publication ou publié
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherUniversité de Toulouse 1;France
dc.contributor.editoruniversityotherUniversité de Lille 1;France
dc.description.abstractenThe organizational literature on emerging industries has emphasized the need for institutional entrepreneurs - actors who give the new activity legitimacy and determine its patterns of behaviour. However, little empirical research has been carried out on the strategies that institutional entrepreneurs employ in order to achieve legitimacy for their activity. In this article, we suggest that an institutional entrepreneur can use the development of measurement tools as a strategy to develop its own legitimacy and power. By looking at a French entrepreneurial company’s development of tools to measure corporate social performance, we analyse how measurement tools influence the legitimacy of an industry and the systemic power within it. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings for research into measurement tools in the areas of management or business and society.
dc.relation.isversionofjnlnameHuman Relations
dc.relation.isversionofjnlvol57
dc.relation.isversionofjnlissue6
dc.relation.isversionofjnldate2004
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpages741-764
dc.relation.isversionofdoihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726704044954
dc.description.sponsorshipprivateouien
dc.relation.isversionofjnlpublisherTavistock Publications
dc.subject.ddclabelDirection d'entrepriseen
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dc.description.audienceInternational
dc.relation.Isversionofjnlpeerreviewedoui
dc.date.updated2017-02-02T14:36:33Z


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