From Categories to Categorization

Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads

Business & Finance, Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior
Cover of the book From Categories to Categorization by Rodolphe Durrand, Nina Granqvist, Anna Tyllström, Emerald Publishing Limited
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Author: Rodolphe Durrand, Nina Granqvist, Anna Tyllström ISBN: 9781787143395
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Publication: March 28, 2017
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Language: English
Author: Rodolphe Durrand, Nina Granqvist, Anna Tyllström
ISBN: 9781787143395
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication: March 28, 2017
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Language: English

Categorization pervades economic life; products, services, firms and industries are continuously being classified by rivals, clients, experts and critics. A stream of research highlighting the importance of market and product categories for organizations and individuals has grown in importance during the past 40 years. This volume contains ten essays on categorization authored by some of the world’s leading scholars within sociology of markets, organization theory, and strategy research. It opens with revisiting the influential theory of “the categorical imperative”, and moves on to present various accounts of the social processes that form part of categorization and elaboration of their consequences. Together, the different chapters effectively show that categorization is a process, tightly connected to actors involved and their specific acts, the characteristics of the entity being categorized, and the context and timing informing these activities. As such, it complements the earlier cognitive perspectives by discussing the evaluative, social, and political manifestations of categorization.

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Categorization pervades economic life; products, services, firms and industries are continuously being classified by rivals, clients, experts and critics. A stream of research highlighting the importance of market and product categories for organizations and individuals has grown in importance during the past 40 years. This volume contains ten essays on categorization authored by some of the world’s leading scholars within sociology of markets, organization theory, and strategy research. It opens with revisiting the influential theory of “the categorical imperative”, and moves on to present various accounts of the social processes that form part of categorization and elaboration of their consequences. Together, the different chapters effectively show that categorization is a process, tightly connected to actors involved and their specific acts, the characteristics of the entity being categorized, and the context and timing informing these activities. As such, it complements the earlier cognitive perspectives by discussing the evaluative, social, and political manifestations of categorization.

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