Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological Analysis

Hannan, M. G. Le Mens, G. Hsu, B. Kovacs, G. Negro, L. Polos, E. Pontikes and A. Sharkey. Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological Analysis. Columbia University Press.

The Categorical Basis of Combination

Pontikes, E.G. “The Categorical Basis of Combination. A Theory and Two Empirical Tests.”

The Non-consensus Entrepreneur: Organizational Responses to Vital Events

Pontikes, E.G. and W.P. Barnett (2017). “The Non-consensus Entrepreneur: Organizational Responses to Vital Events.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 62(1): 140-178.

Strategic Categorization. in From Categories to Categorization: Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads

Pontikes, E.G. and R. Kim (2017). “Strategic Categorization.” in From Categories to Categorization: Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 51). Durand, R., N. Granqvist, and A. Tyllström (eds), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 71-111.

The Coevolution of Organizational Knowledge and Market Technology

Pontikes, E.G. and W.P. Barnett (2017). “The Coevolution of Organizational Knowledge and Market Technology.” Strategy Science, 2(1): 64-82.

The Persistence of Lenient Market Categories

Pontikes, E.G. and W.P. Barnett (2015). “The Persistence of Lenient Market Categories.” Organization Science, 26: 1415 – 1431.

Social Classification. in Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Pontikes, E.G. (2015). “Social Classification.” in Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Robert Scott and Stephen Kosslyn (eds.), Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

An Ecology of Social Categories

Pontikes, E.G. and M.T. Hannan (2014). “An Ecology of Social Categories.” Sociological Science, 1: 311-343.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Ambiguous Classification Affects Multiple Audiences’ Evaluations

Pontikes, E.G. (2012). “Two Sides of the Same Coin: How Ambiguous Classification Affects Multiple Audiences’ Evaluations.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 57(1): 81-118.

Stained Red: A Study of Stigma by Association with Blacklisted Artists during the ‘Red Scare’ in Hollywood, 1945-1960

Pontikes, E.G., G. Negro and H. Rao (2010). “Stained Red: A Study of Stigma by Association with Blacklisted Artists during the ‘Red Scare’ in Hollywood, 1945-1960.” American Sociological Review, 75(3): 456-478.