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| Author: | Barreto, I. Baden-Fuller, C. |
| Title: | To conform or to perform? Mimetic behaviour, legitimacy-based groups and performance consequences |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2006 : NOV, VOL. 43:7, p. 1559-1581 |
| Index terms: | Portugal profitability |
| Freeterms: | imitation isomorphism legitimacy |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article offers new insights for our understanding of mimetic isomorphism and its reliance on legitimacy: the authors suggest that legitimacy-based reference groups guide firms in their mimetic behaviour, that firms undertake imitation even against their own ex ante information, and that legitimacy-based imitation contributes negatively to firm's profitability. Portuguese bank branching decisions between 1988 and 1996 are examined. |
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