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How do managers encounter fashionable management concepts? A study of balanced scorecard adopters in Scandinavia

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The adoption of management concepts has attracted much attention in organisation studies. However, there is still a lack of research on the pre-adoption phase, where managers become aware of and develop interest in management concepts and ideas. This paper explores how adopters of the balanced scorecard in Scandinavia encountered the concept. Using data from interviews with users of the concept, the paper shows that the most important contact points were consultants, the conference/seminar scene, and user networks, while the business media and educational programmes were of relatively little importance. The data support viewing the spreading of management concepts as taking place within a management fashion arena, where different suppliers and managers interact. Instead of being broadcasted from supply-side actors to passive adopters, as is suggested by traditional diffusion theories, concepts are circulated between the different actors participating in this arena.

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  • Dag Øivind Madsen, 2014. "How do managers encounter fashionable management concepts? A study of balanced scorecard adopters in Scandinavia," International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(4), pages 249-267.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmcph:v:8:y:2014:i:4:p:249-267
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    1. Dag Øivind Madsen & Maria Storsveen & Pål Klethagen & Tonny Stenheim, 2016. "The diffusion and popularity of Lean in Norway: An exploratory survey," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1258132-125, December.
    2. Dag Øivind Madsen, 2016. "SWOT Analysis: A Management Fashion Perspective," Post-Print hal-01306102, HAL.
    3. Dag Øivind Madsen, 2019. "The Emergence and Rise of Industry 4.0 Viewed through the Lens of Management Fashion Theory," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-25, September.
    4. Dag Øivind Madsen & Tonny Stenheim, 2016. "Big Data viewed through the lens of management fashion theory," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 1165072-116, December.
    5. Dag Øivind Madsen, 2020. "The Evolutionary Trajectory of the Agile Concept Viewed from a Management Fashion Perspective," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-22, May.
    6. Svitlana Firsova, 2017. "Examining Institutional Content Of The Balanced Scorecard: Logics And Translations In Ukrainian Business Environment," Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies, Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University, vol. 8(2).
    7. Dag Øivind Madsen & Blerim Azizi & Albert Rushiti & Tonny Stenheim, 2019. "The Diffusion and Implementation of the Balanced Scorecard in the Norwegian Municipality Sector: A Descriptive Analysis," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-31, May.
    8. Dag Øivind Madsen & Stig Risvik & Tonny Stenheim, 2017. "The diffusion of Lean in the Norwegian municipality sector: An exploratory survey," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 1411067-141, January.
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    10. Dag Øivind Madsen, 2016. "Using Google Trends in Management Fashion Research: A Short Note," Working Papers hal-01343880, HAL.
    11. Dag Øivind Madsen & Kåre Slåtten, 2015. "Social media and management fashions," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 2(1), pages 1122256-112, December.
    12. Dag Øivind Madsen & Kåre Slåtten, 2015. "The Balanced Scorecard: Fashion or Virus?," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-35, June.

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