EXPERIMENTATION AND BRICOLAGE ON INSTITUTIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE SELECTION OF NEW ARRANGEMENTS

Mélodie Cartel (1) , Eva Boxenbaum (1) , Franck Aggeri (1)

1 CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3

This paper examines how innovative institutional arrangements are generated during processes of institutional bricolage. The aim of the paper is to highlight how an arrangement is selected among the others when many alternative exist or are imaginable. To address this question, we present a qualitative study of institutional bricolage in the context of the making of the European carbon market. We suggest that, during episodes of experimental bricolage, alternative arrangements may be tested and evaluated inside experimental spaces named platforms. We identify three selection mechanisms of innovative arrangements at play inside such platforms: tacit compromise, natural selection and negotiation.

Mots clés: Institutional theory; innovation; bricolage

Domaines: Gestion et management

Mélodie Cartel, Eva Boxenbaum, Franck Aggeri. EXPERIMENTATION AND BRICOLAGE ON INSTITUTIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE SELECTION OF NEW ARRANGEMENTS. AIMS, May 2014, Rennes, France. ⟨hal-01089472⟩