Markets from Culture : Institutional Logics and Organizational Decisions in Higher Education Publishing / Patricia H. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Patricia H., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.) : 13 tables, 6 figures

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Institutional logics, the underlying governing principles of societal sectors, strongly influence organizational decision making. Any shift in institutional logics results in a similar shift in attention to alternative problems and solutions and in new determinants for executive decisions. Examining changes in institutional logics in higher-education publishing, this book links cultural analysis with organizational decision making to develop a theory of attention and explain how executives concentrate on certain market characteristics to the exclusion of others. Analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data from the 1950s to the 1990s, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers focused on creating markets for books based on personal, relational networks to a culture of international conglomerates that create markets from corporate hierarchies. This book offers broader lessons beyond publishing—its theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in organizational leadership, strategy, and structure occurring in all professional services industries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Institutional Change and Organizational Decisions

Chapter 2 The Historical Change in Institutional Logics

Chapter 3 A Theory of Attention

Chapter 4 Quantitative Data and Methods

Chapter 5 Attention to the Sources of Power

Chapter 6 Attention to the Sources of Structure

Chapter 7 Attention to the Sources of Strategy

Chapter 8 Meta-analysis: markets from culture

Appendix A: Interview Methods and Procedures

Appendix B: Quantitative Data Sources

Appendix C: Financial Performance Data

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1909-5

OCLC:

1294425168