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Conferences as Venues for the Configuration of Emerging Organizational Fields: The Case of Cochlear Implants
Author(s) -
Garud Raghu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00783.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , commercialization , point (geometry) , business , emerging technologies , marketing , knowledge management , computer science , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence
I examine how conferences can be occasions for the configuration of emerging organizational fields by describing three that I attended during the development and commercialization of cochlear implants. These conferences served as venues for a variety of activities to unfold, ranging from the exchange of information to the enactment of technological possibilities. A full appreciation of conferences as holistic events, I argue, offers us a particularly valuable entry point into gaining a deeper understanding of how new fields are assembled in real time.