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Status Signals A Sociological Study of Market Competition [Paperback]

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  • Category: Books (Social Science)
  • Author:  Podolny, Joel M.
  • Author:  Podolny, Joel M.
  • ISBN-10:  0691136432
  • ISBN-10:  0691136432
  • ISBN-13:  9780691136431
  • ISBN-13:  9780691136431
  • Publisher:  Princeton University Press
  • Publisher:  Princeton University Press
  • Pages:  304
  • Pages:  304
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2008
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2008
  • SKU:  0691136432-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0691136432-11-MPOD
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Why are elite jewelers reluctant to sell turquoise, despite strong demand? Why did leading investment bankers shun junk bonds for years, despite potential profits?Status Signalsis the first major sociological examination of how concerns about status affect market competition. Starting from the basic premise that status pervades the ties producers form in the marketplace, Joel Podolny shows how anxieties about status influence whom a producer does (or does not) accept as a partner, the price a producer can charge, the ease with which a producer enters a market, how the producer's inventions are received, and, ultimately, the market segments the producer can (and should) enter. To achieve desired status, firms must offer more than strong past performance and product quality--they must also send out and manage social and cultural signals.


Through detailed analyses of market competition across a broad array of industries--including investment banking, wine, semiconductors, shipping, and venture capital--Podolny demonstrates the pervasive impact of status. Along the way, he shows how corporate strategists, tempted by the profits of a market that would negatively affect their status, consider not only whether to enter the market but also whether they can alter the public's perception of the market. Podolny also examines the different ways in which a firm can have status. Wal-Mart, for example, has low status among the rich as a place to shop, but high status among the rich as a place to invest.



Status Signalsprovides a systematic understanding of market dynamics that have--until now--not been fully appreciated.

Joel M. Podolnyis dean and William S. Bienecke Professor of Management at the Yale School of Management. His articles have appeared in theAmerican Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, andAdministrative Science Quarterly. This is a terrific book, a must-read. It will undoubtedly wield trlƒo
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