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Status Signals : A Sociological Study of Market Competition /

Why are elite jewelers reluctant to sell turquoise, despite strong demand? Why did leading investment bankers shun junk bonds for years, despite potential profits? Status Signals is the first major sociological examination of how concerns about status affect market competition. Starting from the bas...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Podolny, Joel M. (Joel Marc)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008, 2005.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • An emergent perspective from an emergent field
  • Status, reputation, and quality
  • The Matthew effect (un)bounded
  • Getting more for less in the investment banking industry
  • To mingle or not to mingle with the Hoi Polloi; That is the question
  • The medium, the message, and the signal
  • Status and invention
  • Embeddedness and entry
  • An evolutionary perspective on status segregation
  • Uncertainty reconsidered.