… Our findings indicate that the microfoundations of institutional theory are important and can
explain the variance in the interaction with and responses to institutional pressures. Therefore…

… I focus on institutional theory as an extreme case. Institutional theory, as developed throughout
most of the last 40 years, is concerned with longitudinal processes on the macro level. …

… and microfoundations as antithesis or synthesis; examining the characteristics of
institutional fields as contingencies of institutionization; and exploring the language of …

… its micro-foundations have remained under-developed. The paper's first aim is therefore to
develop the MLP's theoretical micro-foundations, … economics and neoinstitutional theory. The …

… Furthermore, this categorisation helps illustrate how values are present across the institutional
theory literature. As we will show below, many institutional theory perspectives on CSR …

… ” seems a reverse imagery of recently revitalized “microfoundations,” all of our panelists
rather emphasized a more holistic view of institutional theory. A viable way to do so is to adopt a …

… was to investigate the theories and research topics that guided the micro-foundations of the
… and to make suggestions about the future of micro-foundations research. In the study, 122 …

… , this paper exploits the microfoundations of DCs and advances a theory to explain how DCs
… for theory, we identify implications for practice and a future research agenda. Our theory of …

… gaps in theorizing institutions and entrepreneurship. Second, we build a microfoundations
lens to tackle these … Institutional theory proposes a dual top-down and bottom-up process of …

The advancement and growth of institutional theory over the past seven decades has … We
begin by examining the intellectual history of institutional theory in management and its …