The Birth of the 'Kodak Moment': Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Adoption of New Technologies
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- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization Studies
- Vol. 26 (11), 1665-1687
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840605056395
Abstract
In this paper, we adopt a discourse analytic methodology to explore the role of institutional entrepreneurs in the process of institutional change that coincides with the adoption of a radically new technology. More specifically, we examine how Kodak managed to transform photography from a highly specialized activity to one that became an integral part of everyday life. Based on this case, we develop an initial typology of the strategies available to institutional entrepreneurs who wish to affect the processes of social construction that lead to change in institutional fields. The use of discourse analysis in analysing institutional change provides new insights into the processes through which institutional fields evolve as well as into how institutional entrepreneurs are able to act strategically to embody their interests in the resulting institutions.Keywords
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