The theory of resource partitioning proposes that competition among generalists in the center of a market can trigger a process of resource release that engenders a proliferation of specialist producers outside the center. Previous research has generally examined the relationship between this...

<i> La competitività del settore cinematografico europeo: evoluzione, ritardi e interventi </i> (di Fabrizio Perretti e Giacomo Negro) - ABSTRACT: The causes for the significant and increasing deficit in the European motion picture industry can be analyzed from a comparative historical perspective:...

Research suggests there are significant market penalties for organizations that do not conform to category boundaries in their product offerings. Yet, organizations continue to span categories despite these risks. In this study, we shed insight into why by examining factors that shape the...

?How does contention over authenticity unfold through social movement processes of mobilization and counter-mobilization? We address this issue by studying how the rise of "modern" winemaking practices embodied authenticity as creativity, how the success of the modernists triggered a...

We propose that category membership can operate as a collective market signal for quality. This requires that gaining category membership is more costly for low-quality producers. The strength of such signals increases with the distinctiveness, or contrast, of the category. Our empirical study...