Disruption and Social Media – Entrant Firms as Institutional Entrepreneurs
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

Technological change often leads to competitive turbulence in established industries. Little is known about how the introduction of social media affects incumbent and entrant firms. This paper explores the impact of social media on the fashion journalism industry. Our findings show that entrant fashion bloggers have toppled incumbent fashion journalists. Through a netnographic analysis of published blog content, we argue that entrants have become dominant by transforming the profession of fashion journalism and in doing so, they have acted as institutional entrepreneurs. We argue that entrants are less bound by established institutional practices and that their ability to redefine the dominant logic of an industry can explain why they have outperformed incumbents.

social media

fashion blogs

institutional entrepreneurs

Disruption

Författare

Christofer Laurell

Stockholms universitet

Christian Sandström

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Innovation and R&D Management

International Journal of Innovation Management

1363-9196 (ISSN)

Vol. 18 3 Art. no. 1440006- 1440006

Drivkrafter

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Ämneskategorier

Ekonomi och näringsliv

DOI

10.1142/S1363919614400064

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