Sub-theme 15: Multiplicity and Plurality in the World of Standards
Convenors:
Frank den Hond, Dep. of Organization Science, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marie-Laure Salles, Dept. of Mangement, ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise, France
Kristina Tamm Hallström, Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (Score), and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Standardizing the Tools of Standardization
Chair: Frank den Hond
Mikkel Flyverbom
A crystallization of transparency: Standardization and multiplicity in the Internet domain
Afshin Mehrpouya and Marie-Laure Djelic
Transparency in transnational governance. Exploring the institutional construction of a powerful norm
Rodolphe Durand, Anup Menon Nandialath and Samuel Touboul
The dual constraints of sustainability performance inconsistency and prior reputation on sustainability disclosure transparency
Discussant: Linda Soneryd
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Organized Monitoring as a Tool of Standardization
Chair: Frank Wijen
Nils Brunsson, Ingrid Gustafsson Nordin and Kristina Tamm Hallström
Organizing for trust in markets. On certification, markets and organization
Ingrid Gustafsson Nordin
States and standards – On how public organizations enforces private regulation
Marie-France Turcotte, Juliane Reinecke and Frank den Hond
On the multiplicity of private social and environmental regulation in coffee, forestry and textile: A diachronic analysis
of its origins, consequences, and evolution
Discussant: Marie-Laure Djelic
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Dynamics at the Field Level I: Towards Meta-Standardization
Chair: Marie-Laure Djelic
Lisa Baudot
On the path towards global accounting standards: The interaction of structures, processes and meaning systems in accounting
change
Nadine Arnold and Raimund Hasse
The escalation of governance: Standards in the fair trade-sector
Ronny Gey and Andrea Fried
"Standard bibles" and mediators as a way of software development organizations to cope with the multiplicity and plurality
of standards
Discussant: Kristina Tamm Hallström
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Dynamics at the Field Level II: Balancing Coordination and Competition
Chair: Kristina Tamm Hallström
Emily Block and Joseph Broschak
Tree huggers and money grubbers: The co-evolution of standards for self-regulation in the forest industry
Gordon Müller-Seitz and Elke Schüssler
Facing technological uncertainty: Creating, maintaining and disrupting institutional multiplicity in the semiconductor industry
Hao Hu and Taieb Hafsi
Change through mirroring: Standardization of Chinese herb slice between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Discussant: Frank den Hond
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Dynamics at the Field Level II: Balancing Coordination and Competition
Chair: Patrick Castel
Mercè Bernardo and Alexandra Simon
Multiple standards: Is this the future for organizations?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Emma Avestisyan and Jean-Pascal Gond
Frank Wijen
Designing and signing on to sustainability standards
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Emma Avestisyan and Jean-Pascal Gond
Emma Avetisyan and Jean-Pascal Gond
Institutional dynamics of corporate social responsibility standardization: A multilevel perspective on the ESG rating field
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mercè Bernardo and Alexandra Simon
Frans van Waarden and Robin B. van Dalen
Creating order in the chaotic world of standards
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Mercè Bernardo and Alexandra Simon
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Limits to Homogeneous Standardization: Social and Institutional
Chair: Emily Block
Mai Linneberg
A question of legitimacy: Coexistence of multiple standards
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kristina Dahlin and Ranjita Singh
Nicolas Dahan
Looking for quality chocolate: A study of the social construction of product quality
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kristina Dahlin and Ranjita Singh
Hendrik Wilhelm and Jessica Chromik
Organizational routines as enactors of formal standards: A fuzzy-set analysis of treatment routine standardization in hospitals
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nicolas Dahan
Kristina Dahlin and Ranjita Singh
The powerful, the equal and the dependent: Choice between battling systems in the US cellular communications industry
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Nicolas Dahan
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, B-200 – Aalto School of Economics
Limits to Homogeneous Standardization II: Built-in Diversity
Chair: Frank den Hond
Patrick Castel, Henri Bergeron and Sophie Dubuisson-Quellier
Governance by labels
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jaana Kettunen
Jean-Pierre Galland, Aurélie Delemarle, Allison Loconto and David Demortain
Coping with standard diversity: An analytical framework – The standard life cycle
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Jaana Kettunen
Jaana Maria Kettunen
A single set of standards and the multiplicity of interpretations: Understanding the shifting sites and problematics of translation
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Patrick Castel and Henri Bergeron
Maja Tampe
Creating development through the market? Prospects for Fairtrade certification in Ghana
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Patrick Castel and Henri Bergeron