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institutional bandwagons: a standalone construct

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Organization theory

diffusion in which organizations adopt an innovation because of pressure from the number of prior adopters, whether to avoid losing legitimacy or competitive standing.

In organization theory, institutional bandwagons refers to diffusion in which organizations adopt an innovation because of pressure from the number of prior adopters, whether to avoid losing legitimacy or competitive standing. This meaning comes from Abrahamson (1993) in The Academy of Management Review.[1]

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  1. Abrahamson, E., & Rosenkopf, L. (1993). Institutional and Competitive Bandwagons: Using Mathematical Modeling as a Tool to Explore Innovation Diffusion. The Academy of Management Review, 18(3), 487. https://doi.org/10.2307/258906

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