Market bifurcations in board sports: How consumers shape markets through boundary work
The market-shaping literature recognizes that consumers are actors who can shape markets. However, research into the mechanisms of consumption-driven market-shaping is only emerging. This paper shows that one way in which consumers shape markets is through boundary work, as consumers make, break, an...
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| Vydáno v: | Journal of business research Ročník 122; s. 38 - 50 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Elsevier Inc
01.01.2021
Elsevier B.V |
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| ISSN: | 0148-2963, 1873-7978 |
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| Shrnutí: | The market-shaping literature recognizes that consumers are actors who can shape markets. However, research into the mechanisms of consumption-driven market-shaping is only emerging. This paper shows that one way in which consumers shape markets is through boundary work, as consumers make, break, and re-make the boundaries among multiple markets. Empirically, this paper investigates how user innovation practices catalyzed the formation of four boardsport markets: surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, and stand-up-paddling. The findings show that consumers shape markets in three steps: (1) generating local variations of consumption practices; (2) imposing order and coherence to intermediate frames; and (3) channeling creative consumption practices into market formation. This paper contributes to the market-shaping literature by conceptualizing how consumers splinter an existing singular market into new markets. We coin the term ‘market bifurcations’ to describe how a singular, seemingly cohesive consumer practice breaks down, splintering into several local variations, which can then catalyze the formation of new markets. |
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| ISSN: | 0148-2963 1873-7978 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.08.039 |