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FROM CATEGORIES TO CATEGORIZATION: STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGY AT THE CROSSROADS

RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS

Series Editor: Michael Lounsbury

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RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS VOLUME 51

FROM CATEGORIES TO CATEGORIZATION: STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY, ORGANIZATIONS AND STRATEGY AT THE CROSSROADS

EDITED BY

RODOLPHE DURAND

HEC Paris, Paris, France

NINA GRANQVIST

Aalto University, Aalto, Finland

ANNA TYLLSTRÖM

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Finland

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Kartikeya BajpaiKellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Adam R. CastorSKK Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB), Seoul, South Korea
Rodolphe DurandHEC Paris, Paris, France
Peer C. FissDepartment of Management and Organization, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nina GranqvistDepartment of Management Studies, Aalto University School of Business, Aalto, Finland
Stine GrodalDepartment of Strategy and Innovation, Boston University Questrom School of Business, Boston, MA, USA
Steven J. KahlTuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Mark T. KennedyImperial College, London, UK
Mukti KhaireJohnson School of Management, Cornell Tech, New York, NY, USA
Ruben KimBooth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Jade Y. LoDepartment of Management, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kamal A. MunirJudge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Lionel PaolellaJudge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Elizabeth G. PontikesBooth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Q.C. QuinnJudge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Eunice Y. RheeDepartment of Management, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA
Amanda SharkeyBooth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Gautam SwainIvey Business School, Western University, London, Canada
Anna TyllströmInstitute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
J.P. VergneIvey Business School, Western University, London, Canada
Klaus WeberKellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Tyler WryManagement Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ezra W. ZuckermanMIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA

SERIES EDITOR

Michael Lounsbury

Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Alberta School of Business, Alberta, Canada

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    University of North Carolina, USA

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    University of Maryland, USA

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    Northwestern University, USA

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    Göteborg University, Sweden

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    University of Michigan, USA

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    Imperial College London, UK

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