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PublicationUnpacking the Dynamics of Ecologies of Routines: Mediators and Their Generative Effects in Routine InteractionsBuilding on an in-depth ethnographic study at a renowned research laboratory, we show how the interactions of organizational routines can be more or less generative by tracing and analyzing how human and nonhuman actors (actants) connect routines. Adopting a performative perspective, we compare the connecting of such actants and study how they are engaged in routine performances. We relate observed differences in the generativity of routine interactions to whether actants become mediators or intermediaries. Whereas intermediaries merely maintain connections between routines, mediators can modify them when performing routine connections. We identify three generative effects mediators can lead to: (1) the creation of innovative outcomes, (2) the adaptation of existing routine performances, and/or (3) the emergence of new routine performances. Similar to the conception of organizational routines as dynamic and generative systems, we show that the way actants operate through their engagement renders routine interactions and thus ecologies of routines more or less generative.Type: journal articleJournal: Organization ScienceVolume: 27Issue: 3
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PublicationType: journal articleJournal: ThexisVolume: 22Issue: 3
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PublicationMoving at the Edge : How Can an Organization Stay Routinely Innovative?This paper explores the role of organizational routines for staying innovative over time. We built on an in-depth observation of a renowned research lab to explore the role and functioning of routines in the context of innovation. Our findings suggest that innovative organizations can be characterized by a series of fundamental routines whose performance is highly creative as it leads to constant actualizations of routines. At the same time, it stabilizes organizational activities by continuously confirming their importance. Hence, in contradiction to earlier research, we propose that the generative nature of routines is of importance for enduring innovativeness.Type: conference paperVolume: Session Paper 724
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PublicationProtecting Strategy Implementation : The Role of Rhetorical Arguments in Times of TurmoilIn this paper we analyze how discursive practices – in our case rhetorical arguments – protect a strategy implementation process at a company in turmoil. Our rhetorical analysis of CEO letters revealed not only an evolution in rhetorical arguments but also an adaptation of the rhetorical situation in relation to the context. In the words of convention theory, the arguments oscillate between generalization and abstraction as well as between illustration and situated interpretation. We show that this oscillation is central for the stabilization and protection of the discourse.Type: conference paperVolume: Paper Session 724
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PublicationMarketing Ethics in Emerging Markets - Coping with Ethical DilemmasDiscusses the role of marketing ethics in emerging markets. Criticism on multinational companies for behavior that only values the principle of profit maximization; Inclusion of pricing in ethical dilemmas in marketing activities; Incorporation of social responsibility in business to cope with several ethical dilemmas.Type: case review (law)Journal: IIMB Management ReviewVolume: 18Issue: 1