Dear friends and colleagues,
After almost four years of hard work our special issue of Organization Studies (actually a double issue!) on "The Dynamics of Standardization" has just come out. To celebrate the publication of our Special Issue SAGE is granting free access to all papers in the issue until August 15th. As you will see, the papers cover a wide range of different topics in this emerging field. In order to access the papers click on the links provided below.
Here is a list of the papers that have been included in the special issue
Brunsson, N., Rasche, A. and Seidl, D.: The Dynamics of Standardization: Three Perspectives on Standards in Organization Studies
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/613?ijkey=..IxT21b3W0ng&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Boiral, O.: ISO Certificates as Organizational Degrees? Beyond the Rational Myths of the Certification Process
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/633?ijkey=/WFRbV3pNP1T2&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Sandholtz, K.: Making Standards Stick: A Theory of Coupled vs. Decoupled Compliance
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/655?ijkey=BmljaUTWZepVw&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Dokko, G., Nigam, A., & Rosenkopf, L.: Keeping Steady as She Goes: A Negotiated Order Perspective on Technological Evolution
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/681?ijkey=4WPQb4fV8x1Kg&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
van den Ende, J., van de Kaa, G., den Uijl, S., & de Vries, H. J.: The Paradox of Standard Flexibility: The Effects of Co-evolution between Standard and Interorganizational Network
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/705?ijkey=cYu5BB8q4juXI&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Botzem, S., & Dobusch, L.: Standardization Cycles: A Process Perspective on the Formation and Diffusion of Transnational Standards
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/737?ijkey=kY2Yq9dNNp86c&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Slager, R., Gond, J.-P., & Moon, J.: Standardization as Institutional Work: The Regulatory Power of a Responsible Investment Standard
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/763?ijkey=XASeP7HkI9dC2&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Reinecke, J., Manning, S., & von Hagen, O. The Emergence of a Standards Market: Multiplicity of Sustainability Standards in the Global Coffee Industry
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/791?ijkey=T4so3cc0b5ULU&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
Haack, P., Schoeneborn, D., & Wickert, C.: Talking the Talk, Moral Entrapment, Creeping Commitment? Exploring Narrative Dynamics in Corporate Responsibility Standardization
http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/5-6/815?ijkey=tQWIWNRT9X6fQ&keytype=ref&siteid=sposs
We hope that you find the special issue of interest.
All the best
Nils, Andreas and David
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Prof. David Seidl, PhD
Chair of Organization & Management
University of Zurich | Institute of Business Administration
Universitaetsstrasse 84 | 8006 Zurich | Switzerland
Phone +41.44.6343750 | Fax +41.44.6343749
www.om.uzh.ch | david.seidl@uzh.ch
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