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Eric Abrahamson

· Hughie E. Mills Professor of Business, Bernstein Faculty Leader

Columbia University · Elementary Education

Active 1948–2020

h-index34
Citations11.2k
Papers1152 last 5y
Funding—

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Research topics

  • Political Science
  • Law
  • Computer Science
  • Sociology
  • Engineering
  • Public relations
  • Management
  • Economics
  • Data science
  • Epistemology

Selected publications

  • Fads and Fashions in Management Practices: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

    International Journal of Management Reviews · 2020 · 122 citations

    Senior authorCorresponding

    Abstract Established management practices – such as Six Sigma or business process re‐engineering, as well as more recent practices such as agile management processes, HR analytics and beyond budgeting – are viewed by practitioners as the basic tools of their trade. Yet they have been known to wax and wane in popularity, often quite unpredictably, with one technique following the other in wave‐like fashion. The scholarly observation of this phenomenon has given rise to the literature on fads and…

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  • A More Relevant Approach to Relevance in Management Studies: An Essay on Performativity

    Academy of Management Review · 2016-01-12 · 38 citations

    article1st authorCorresponding

    International audience

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  • The Lifecycle of Management Ideas

    2019-03-28 · 10 citations

    reference-entry1st authorCorresponding

    This chapter distinguishes five stages in the lifecycle of management ideas: innovation, diffusion, institutionalization, dormancy, and rebirth. Research at each stage can help research at other stages. It also examines the lifecycle stages of both abstract and specific management ideas. Studying these simultaneously can help address some of the most resilient and enduring questions about each. Finally, the authors conceptualize the conjunction of forces which must co-occur to cause stage transi…

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  • Clashing Fashions and Institutions: Mid-Life Uncertainty in Innovation Diffusion

    SSRN Electronic Journal · 2015-01-01 · 8 citations

    articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
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  • Building Home

    2019-06-06 · 2 citations

    book-chapter1st authorCorresponding

    Building Home is an innovative biography that weaves together three engrossing stories. It is one part corporate and industrial history, using the evolution of mortgage finance as a way to understand larger dynamics in the nation‘s political economy. It is another part urban history, since the extraordinary success of the savings and loan business in Los Angeles reflects much of the cultural and economic history of Southern California. Finally, it is a personal story, a biography of one of the n…

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Frequent coauthors

  • Carina Löfström

    Nord University

    36 shared

  • Peter Bamberger

    McGill University

    36 shared

  • Nancy J. Adler

    University of California, San Francisco

    36 shared

  • Shaz Ansari

    36 shared

  • S. M. Alavi

    Sharif University of Technology

    36 shared

  • Roderick MacLeod

    8 shared

  • Hervé Dumez

    Copenhagen Business School

    6 shared

  • Héloïse Berkowitz

    Aix-Marseille Université

    6 shared

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