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Achieving rigor in qualitative analysis: The role of active categorization in theory building, forthcoming Academy of Management Review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hsu, G. and Grodal, S. 2021 The double-edged sword of oppositional category positioning: A study of the U.S. e-cigarette category, 2007-2017, Administrative Science Quarterly, 66(1): 86\u2013132<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zunino, D., Suarez, F., and Grodal, S. 2019. Familiarity, creativity and the adoption of category labels in technology industries, Organization Science, 30(1): 169-190<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. 2018. Field expansion and contraction: How communities shape social and symbolic boundaries, Administrative Science Quarterly, 13(4): 783\u2013818.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. and O'Mahony, S. 2017. How does a grand challenge become displaced? Explaining the duality of field mobilization, Academy of Management Journal, 2017, 60(5): 1801\u20131827. Finalist for AMJ Best Paper published in 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kahl, S. and Grodal, S. 2016. Discursive strategies and radical technological change: Multilevel discourse analysis of the early computer (1947-1958), Strategic Management Journal, 37(1): 149-166<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S., Gotsopoulos, A. and Suarez, F.F. 2015. The Co-evolution of categories and designs during industry emergence, Academy of Management Review, 40(3): 423\u2013445 (equal authorship). A symposium based on this paper won the OMT Best Symposium Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hsu, G. and Grodal, S. 2015. Category taken-for-grantedness as a strategic opportunity: The case of light cigarettes, 1964-1993, American Sociological Review, 80(1): 28-62. Lead article<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suarez, F.S, Grodal, S. and Gotsopoulos, A. 2015. Perfect timing?: Dominant category, dominant design and the window of opportunity for firm entry, Strategic Management Journal , 36(3): 437\u2013448 (equal authorship). Finalist for the 2011 TIM Best Paper Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Granqvist, N., Grodal, S. and Woolley, J. 2013. Hedging your bets: Explaining executives' market labeling strategies in nanotechnology, Organization Science, 24(2): 395-413 (equal authorship). Winner of the 2009 EGOS Best Paper Award and June 2015 \u201cMost Read\u201d paper in Organization Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grodal, S. The professionalization dilemma in mediated market: From hearing dealers to audiologists (1945-2015), Cornell University, October 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. Achieving rigor in qualitative analysis: The role of active categorization in theory building, Aarhus University, Denmark November 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. Big, Beige and Bulky: Aesthetic Shifts in the Hearing Aid Industry (1945-2015), Michigan University, Michigan, February, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. Junkies, queers and babies: Achieving category cohesion during the evolution of the category \u201cAIDS\u201d (1978-1985) University of Western Ontario, Canada, November, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grodal, S. The Origination of Categorical Stigma: A Study of the U.S. E-cigarette category, 2007-2017, University of Virginia, February 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Award and Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TIM Best Paper Award, TIM division, Academy of Management, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AMJ Best Paper Published in 2017 Finalist (top 3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positive Organizational Scholarship Best Paper Award, 2015 (awarded bi-annually)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TIM Best Paper Award Finalist (top 3), TIM division, Academy of Management, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Paper Award, EGOS, 2009, (1st out of 948 presented papers and 8,217 submissions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grodal examines the emergence and evolution of markets and industries. 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