The effect of meso-institutions on adoption of sustainable agricultural technology: A case study of the Brazilian Low Carbon Agriculture Plan

MMB Vinholis, MSM Saes, MJ Carrer… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Macro and micro institutions have received considerable attention from institutional theory in
the analysis of organizational performance. The role played by meso-institutions has hardly …

Opening the “black box” of food safety policy implementation: The efficiency-enhancing role of a private meso-institution

GM de Oliveira, BV Miranda, MSM Saes, G Martino - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
There is continuing interest in how rules created at the “institutional environment” level
influence the performance of food safety policies. The influence of institutional rules on the …

The dynamic chain of innovation: bounded capabilities and complementarity in agribusiness

PA Zawislak, FM Reichert, D Barbieux… - … of Agribusiness in …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper presents a framework–the Dynamic Chain of Innovation–to analyze the
dynamics of innovation in agribusiness. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a …

Meso-institutions as systemic intermediaries in sustainable transitions governance

AM de Mello, PSB Schnaider, MSM Saes… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to build an integrative framework that aims to explain the
specific functions of systemic intermediaries in connecting actors/network of actors to …

The coffee value chain and its transition to sustainability in Brazil and Colombia from innovation system approach

CJ Ramirez-Gomez, MSM Saes, VLS Silva… - … Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Coffee is a global value chain that has been going through many transformations, seeking to
transition to sustainability. In this paper, a technological innovation system from multi-level …

[HTML][HTML] Bioplastics and the Role of Institutions in the Design of Sustainable Post-Consumer Solutions

VL Silva, MTA Freire, F De Almeida Oroski, F Trentini… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article aims to understand the role of institutions, especially meso-institutions, in the
construction of definitions of bioplastics that foster sociotechnical changes, so that a single …

Country-Level corporate governance and Foreign Portfolio Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa: The moderating role of institutional quality

SK Agyei, NK Obuobi, MZ Isshaq… - Cogent Economics & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Given the declining volumes of Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPI) in Africa, the study sought
to examine the moderating role institutional quality (INST) plays in the relationship between …

Surveying the economics of plural modes of organization

E Raynaud, PSB Schnaider… - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Why do firms concomitantly rely on more than one organizational arrangement to
procure/distribute a given input/product? In this paper, we systematically review and discuss …

Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector

A Massarutto, L Grassetti, ML di San Miniato, M Moletta - Utilities Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The Italian water and sanitation services regulator, ARERA, has adopted a parametric model
for assessing operators' efficiency and set efficiency improvement targets accordingly. This …

[HTML][HTML] Institutional change and entrepreneurship as occupational choice—the case of South Korea

D Schüler - Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2023 - Springer
Even though research on the influence of institutions on entrepreneurial activities has
recently gained scholarly attention, most studies are quantitative cross-country analyses that …