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"Mimetic desire" in businesses isn't hidden, it is actively thought after ("best practices", learning from winners etc.) - nothing shameful there as people want
by RandomLensman 3y ago
"Mimetic desire" in businesses isn't hidden, it is actively thought after ("best practices", learning from winners etc.) - nothing shameful there as people want copy successful things and don't have trouble saying so.
Also, institutional isomorphisms are not a new observation or area of study.
- ajkjk 3y agoI don't think that's what mimetic desire refers to. It's not the imitation of the practices, it's the imitation of the goals. Not so much the goal "to succeed in business" as "to look like a person who is succeeding in business", though, and that's in large part why so many people seem so mediocre at it.
- RandomLensman 3y agoI'd say at least some of the goals of businesses are pretty universally shared anyway.