We trace the development of neo-institutional theory in Organization Studies from a marginal
topic to the dominant theory. We show how it has evolved from infancy, through adolescence …

The role of the external environment is critical to understanding international entrepreneurial
behavior. Scholars in this area seek to understand the role that the state and international …

Dazed and confused by the wild hype surrounding “gazelles” and “unicorns,”
entrepreneurship researchers have focused on the “black swans” of the entrepreneurial …

Research on institutional logics has exploded in the last decade. Much of this work has
taken its inspiration from Friedland and Alford's call to “bring society back in” to …

Translation has been established as an important theoretical perspective for studying the
flow of management concepts. Yet, despite its potential, we find limited reflection on the …

In contrast to management fashion theory, I develop an alternative theory of organizations'
handling of management ideas. Drawn from a virus metaphor, it offers a more complex and …

With an increased emphasis on commercializing research, licensing of technology, creating
university spin-offs, introducing entrepreneurship programmes, and expanding university …

Purpose This essay raises a concern about the trajectory that new institutionalism has been
following during the last decades, namely an emphasis on heterogeneity, change and …

In the last decade we have witnessed an almost explosive rise in the number of articles in
international journals referring to institutional logics, and conference seminars and …

In this article we investigate the role of technology and meaning in the institutional work of
newsmakers. By analysing ethnographic data from an Italian business newspaper …