Peer interaction and pioneering organizational form adoption : A tale of the first two for-profit stock exchanges

Building on a historical case study on the first two stock exchanges to adopt the now globally dominant for-profit organizational form, the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1993 and the Helsinki Stock Exchange in 1995, we argue that interaction among socially proximate peers contributes to pioneering organizational form adoption within an industry, particularly when such forms are introduced by established organizations. Peer interaction can induce a search for technically efficient organizational forms through the sharing of collective experiences, the establishment of collective assumptions, and a joint search for solutions. Together, these factors contribute to the legitimization of novel or…

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sj-xlsx-1-oss-10.1177_01708406211024570 – Supplemental material for Peer Interaction and Pioneering Organizational Form Adoption: A tale of the first two for-profit stock exchanges

Supplemental material, sj-xlsx-1-oss-10.1177_01708406211024570 for Peer Interaction and Pioneering Organizational Form Adoption: A tale of the first two for-profit stock exchanges by Zeerim Cheung, Robin Gustafsson and Rasmus Nykvist in Organization Studies