This paper examines the co-evolution of MNE activities and institutions external and internal
to the firm. We develop a theoretical framework for this analysis that draws on the more …

International organizations (IOs) such as the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank are assumed to rely on 'sympathetic interlocutors' at the national level to drive through …

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) investing in infrastructure privatization projects in emerging
economies–often known as private participation projects–face both market-based and …

Highlights•External pressure, quest for legitimacy, co-benefits and 'peer pressure'are
potential drivers for policy adoption.•National directives on climate change were an initial …

This paper develops a theoretical account of the reconstruction of workforce downsizing as a
shareholder-value strategy since the 1980s. This account has two components. First …

In this paper we examine the relationship between government ownership and dividend
policy. Using a multinational sample of newly privatised firms from 43 countries, we find …

This study examines how actors from diverse and competing social groups can come to
identify as members of a common market rather than as agents of their discrete social …

This study offers a sociopolitical perspective on the worldwide diffusion of liberalisation
reforms in infrastructure industries. It unpacks the heterogeneity in the extent to which the …

I examine the variation in the extent of intellectual property (IP) protection across countries.
Combining insights from the 'old'and 'new'institutional perspectives, I argue that global …

The rise of global environmental governance regimes allegedly contradicts the process of
an environmental “race to the bottom”(RTB) that results from capitalist globalization. We …