This chapter attempts to strengthen theoretical connections between interpretive cultural
studies of authenticity and organizational studies. Adopting an unstructured qualitative …

Purpose–This article seeks to explore the usefulness of city marketing as a method to attract
new residents and firms from a geographical perspective. Design/methodology/approach …

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are
being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and …

Through a study of the emergent US wind energy sector, 1978–1992, this paper examines
how large-scale social movements external to an industry can influence the creation of new …

The cultural and discursive underpinning of industries and markets has received growing
attention in recent years. I use Ann Swidler's conceptualization of culture as toolkit, and …

This paper shows how to carry out quantitative narrative analysis (QNA) with different text
analysis software (PC-ACE, Program for Computer-Assisted Coding of Events, and various …

The theoretical challenge posed by this paper is to find a conceptualisation of value for
entrepreneurship theory grounded in Indigenous knowledge from a Māori perspective …

As private labels are consolidating their gains in national markets, a conventional
recommendation to national brand manufacturers would most likely be to invest more in …

How do critics enable producers and consumers to come to mutually agreeable terms of
trade? We propose that critics offer more guidance to those who set prices when their quality …

With perceptions of authenticity offering contemporary organizations a key competitive
advantage in the marketplace, a growing body of research has investigated “authenticity …