This paper explores innovation and social behaviourist theory in relation to sustainable urban projects in the highly institutionalized public sector (towns). Using empirical data from France, we examine the dynamics of a design process in which unexpected practices generated innovative urban...

In this paper, we build on a longitudinal study of three different attempts at managing identity change within the same organization over a period of 25 years. The purpose of the paper is to develop an interpretative model that investigates how organizations may promote periodic renewal and...