Exploring the Links between Reputation and Fame: Evidence from French Contemporary Architecture
研究认为名声源于多个特定受众声誉的结合，专家声誉（如文化精英或评论家的评价）在同行和客户声誉转化为名声中起中介作用。基于103家法国建筑公司的数据，使用结构方程模型验证了这一机制。
Why are some organizations famous? We argue that fame results from a conjunction of several audience-specific reputations. Expert reputation (i.e. reputation among members of a knowledgeable group, such as a cultural elite or critics) acts as a mediator for achieving fame for organizations held in high esteem by their peers and clients. Based on a unique database of 103 architectural companies in France, our analysis uses structural equation modelling (SEM) combined with mediation effects to reveal that expert reputation can lead to fame by mediating peer and client reputations. We contribute to the literature by explaining why only some organizations already reputed among peers and clients are famous in society at large.