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Macrocultures: Determinants and Consequences

Abrahamson, Eric, Fombrun, Charles J.·1994·The Academy of Management Review
DOI 10.5465/amr.1994.9412190217
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Faced with turbulent national and international environments, entire U.S. industries — most notably steel and automobiles — have revealed a distinct propensity to overlook radically new types of competitors, cling to traditional technologies, and remain mired in similar, yet outdated, strategic postures. In this article, we ascribe the adaptive failures of entire industries not only to the microcultures of single organizations, but also to what we term interorganizational “macro-cultures” — relatively idiosyncratic beliefs that are shared by managers across organizations. More specifically, we propose that value-added networks linking organizations into collectivities both induce and reflect the existence and persistence of more or less homogeneous macrocultures. In turn, homogeneous macrocultures (a) increase the level of inertia these organizations experience, (b) influence the inventiveness of organizations and the diffusion of innovations among them, and (c) increase the similarity of member organizat...

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Authors
Abrahamson, E., & Fombrun, C. J.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University (US)
  • New York University (US)
Venue
The Academy of Management Review
Publisher
Academy of Management
Published
1994-10
Volume
19
Issue
4
Pages
728
ISSN
0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5465/amr.1994.9412190217
OpenAlex
W2118798478
Cited by
444
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 28
FWCI
10.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
Keywords
value-added networks, organizational inertia, organizational innovativeness, diffusion of innovations, organizational similarity, steel industry, automotive industry

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