We explore what institutional entrepreneurs do to propagate new organizational forms. Our
findings are derived from a longitudinal study of theEuroregion', an organizational form used …

The question of how new organizational forms are created remains an unsolved problem in
new institutional theory. We argue that one important way that new organizational forms …

Although early neo-institutional studies did not explicitly tackle the issue of agency, more
recent studies about institutional entrepreneurship have brought it to the forefront …

We are delighted to introduce this special issue of Organization Studies, the purpose of
which is to develop a deeper understanding of the concept of institutional entrepreneurship …

The term 'institutional entrepreneurship'refers to the 'activities of actors who have an interest
in particular institutional arrangements and who leverage resources to create new …

In this chapter, we review the emerging and rapidly growing body of organizational research
on institutional entrepreneurship. This term refers to the 'activities of actors who have an …

Institutional approaches to organization studies focus attention on the relationships among
organizations and the fields in which they operate, highlighting in particular the role of …

This paper introduces a Special Issue on the theme of Entrepreneurship and Institutional
Change. Drawing upon the accumulated literature and three original contributions it aims to …

The powerful imagery of entrepreneurship as a means to induce and explain institutional
change is gaining momentum (Greenwood & Suddaby, 2006; Lawrence & Suddaby, 2006) …

While there is a considerable literature concerning policy entrepreneurship and institutional
isomorphism, significantly less literature has emerged addressing the impact of context on …