Institutional theory has risen to prominence as a popular and powerful explanation for both
individual and organizational action. It is a vibrant theory that has been synthesized and …

THIS BOOK IS about some of the most important problems confronting social scientists who
study institutions and institutional change. It is also about globalization, particularly the …

A quest to explain institutional change that gave rise to a new economic order is complex
and challenging. This book reports the results of a six-year (2005–2011) study that aims to …

If one searches for a Google image of corporate social responsibility or sustainability
hundreds of pictures appear. But the most frequent, and for us most disturbing, pictorial …

Under the influence of groundbreaking work by John Meyer and Brian Rowen, as well as
Paul DiMaggio and Walter Powell, over the last 30 years research in the new sociological …

This edition emphasizes strategy around the globe using evidence-driven explanations with
the latest research. A conversational style emphasizes the story behind the stories, while …

The extensive scholarship on 'varieties of capitalism'offers some conceptual and theoretical
innovations that can be fruitfully employed to analyse the distinctive institutional foundations …

El estudio de casos tiene un potencial importante como método de investigación de la
sociedad. Estudio de casos no es un recetario sino un manual de apoyo a la investigación …

Why have systems of “transnational private regulation” recently emerged to certify corporate
social and environmental performance? Different conceptions of institutional emergence …

Despite some promising steps in the right direction, organizational analysis has yet to exploit
fully the theoretical and empirical possibilities inherent in the writings of Pierre Bourdieu …