In this landmark volume, J. Rodgers Hollingsworth, Karl H. Müller, and Ellen Jane
Hollingsworth take a first step towards imposing order on the increasingly diverse field of …

Institutional change explains the change of institutions considered as rules and expectations
that govern human interactions and paths of development in society. This conceptual paper …

The purpose of this paper is to present a way to make sense of the various strands of
organizational theory. Organizational theories have three origins: Max Weber's original work …

This essay offers a critical summation of the use of neo-institutionalism to study
organizations. While institutionalism has succeeded in becoming the dominant theory to …

Why is it that some countries become rich while others remain poor? Do markets require
regulation to function efficiently? If markets offer an efficient way of exchanging goods, why …

The ability of societies to respond to social problems may hinge crucially on the diversity of
organizational forms, and in the long run, in a dynamic environment, diversity can be …

Among the most fundamental questions of institutional economics are: Why do societies
evolve along distinct institutional trajectories? Why do societies often fail to adopt the insti …

The book explores how various social settings are partially organized even when they do
not form part of a formal organization. It also shows how even formal organizations may be …

Institutional theory has become a dominant and influential perspective to study management
and organizations. The popularity of institutional theory is driven, in part, by its effectiveness …