Animated Times

Critical Transitions and the Maintenance of Field-Configuring Events

Bibliographic Data

ID23237459
AuthorsBernard Leca (Université Paris Cité, corresponding author), Charles-Clemens Rüling (0000-0002-9955-5967, Grenoble Ecole de Management), Dominique Puthod (Université Savoie Mont Blanc)
Year2015
Volume22
Issue3
Pages173-192
Publication date2015-04-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustry and Innovation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-2716 • E-ISSN: 1469-8390
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13662716.2015.1033839
OpenAlexW1805749295
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited39

Recent research has pointed to the challenge facing recurrent field-configuring events (FCEs) in trying to remain dominant in their fields over sustained periods. Based on a revelatory historical case study of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the leading FCE in its field, this paper explores how a field-configuring role can be maintained over time. We focus specifically on the FCE organization, and highlight the importance of critical transitions, relatively short periods of time when fundamental changes were made to its formal and informal governance rules, which redefined the event's identity and scope, and thus ensured it remained the dominant event for field participants. In terms of the organizational dynamics facilitating critical transitions, we emphasize the importance of conflict as a driver of change, as well as the particular role of local stakeholders in renewing FCEs that are organized recurrently in the same location.

Aesthetics · Animation · Business · Corporate governance · Event (particle physics) · Field (mathematics) · Identity (music) · Organizational field · Political science · Public relations · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Management and Organizational Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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