The objective of this chapter is double. First, we take stock of the ways in which the
institutionalist literature deals with issues of institutional change and institutional emergence …

Inter-firm relations are not new. But fast developments in technology and globalization have
led to increased opportunities for international alliances, and an upsurge in the interest in …

The role of the public sciences in supporting the growth of new industries with radically
innovative technologies has varied between countries that encourage different levels of …

This paper analyzes how governance structures impact the innovation capabilities of
leading German and UK firms in the pharmaceutical industry. Our main objective is to show …

The development of competitive competences in firms involves the generation of core
employee commitment to collective problem solving and the development of firm-specific …

The article examines the variety of linkages firms have established with university science.
These include using universities as a source of ideas for start-ups, scientific collaboration …

Organization studies became institutionalized as a distinct research field in North America in
the 1960s as leading universities expanded to include the new behavioural and …

Georg Simmel's notion of intersecting group affiliations is used to analyze the situation of
European R&D personnel employed by Japanese and American corporations. The fact that …

In verschiedenen sozialwissenschaftlichen Teildisziplinen finden sich institutionalistische
Ansätze, die die Entstehung, Entwicklung und Ausbreitung von Technik analysieren, ohne …

It is widely held that the social‐economic context of the US, characterised by labour market
flexibility and deregulation of product and capital markets, lies at the basis of the innovative …