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Management research on corporate reputation has grown exponentially in the last 20 years and has generated a proliferation of definitions and debates about what reputation is. These debates reflect often unacknowledged differences in the theoretical perspectives that have guided current research. This contribution provides a review of the different theoretical perspectives and their implications for the study and management of reputations, and highlights the recent trend towards develo** integrative, multi-dimensional theoretical and empirical approaches.

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  1. University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Austin, TX, USA

    Violina P. Rindova

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  1. GSBPP, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Emeryville, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

  3. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

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Rindova, V.P. (2018). Reputation. In: Augier, M., Teece, D.J. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-00772-8_564

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