When a firm hires a skilled employee from a prominent competitor, an indirect affiliation between the two firms is created. Recent organizational research indicates that such affiliations may influence the hiring firm’s prices, both substantively and symbolically (e.g., Joel M. Podolny 2001)....

The business of culture -- Pioneer-entrepreneurs : creating markets and changing minds -- Intermediaries : constructing meaning and value for markets -- Doing their job : the functions of intermediaries -- Maximizing influence : the features of intermediaries -- Creators and producers : making...

Art and business are often described as worlds apart, even diametric opposites. And yet, these realms are close cousins in creative industries where firms bring cultural goods to market, attaching price tags to music, paintings, theater, literature, film, and fashion. Building on theories of...

Department: Graduate School of Business.