Institutional scholars have emphasized the isomorphism of actors in organizational fields – but what about organizations that interact only temporarily in such fields – how do they react to their institutional constraints? Based on an in-depth analysis of an architectural contest, this paper...

This paper suggests understanding better the debate between reputation and celebrity, by analyzing how various types of reputations can combine (or not) to achieve celebrity. Based on a quantitative analysis of the most reputed French architects, we contribute to the reputation and celebrity...

Institutional scholars focus on practices and behaviors of actors permanently belonging to an organizational field - but what about organizations that are new and only temporary in such a field? How do they react to the field‟s institutional constraints? Based on an in-depth analysis of the...