Defining institutions: taking history seriously [PDF]
This paper suggests an alternative list of institutions to that commonly encountered in the literature on institutional logics. This is done as a response to calls for greater clarity about basic terms.
Mutch, A
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Corporate social responsibility: a myth? The example of the 'Round Table Codes of Conduct' in Germany [PDF]
This paper is concerned with why and how multinational companies (MNCs) voluntarily engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), especially in social standards. The first part describes the prevailing perspectives on the CSR debate. Then, with the
Hiss, Stefanie
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Institutional theories and public institutions: Traditions and appropriateness [PDF]
Public institutions are organized configurations which are prone to institutionalization processes. They reflect as well as produce and diffuse valuues, norms, cognitions, meanings and identities about life and evolution of society, polity or economy ...
Jean-Claude Thoenig
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Warren J. Samuels (1933-2011) [PDF]
This paper examines the research and career of the late Warren J. Samuels (1933-2011), an influential institutionalist economist in the Wisconsin John Commons tradition and well-known historian and methodologist of economics.
Davis, John B.
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ABORDAGENS INSTITUCIONALISTAS E AS CONTRIBUIÇÕES NA ANÁLISE DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS
The institutionalist approaches have been widely used in academic studies. Considering the importance of these approaches in the analysis of public policies, this study aims to explore the concepts and authors, proposing a reinterpretation in the context
Leticia Andrea Chechi, Cátia Grisa
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Contentious Institutions: An Augmented Rational-Actor Analysis of the Origins and Path Dependency of Welfare State Institutions in the Western Countries [PDF]
Welfare states in the Western countries have had very similar goals, yet the choice of institutions to approach these shared goals has generated protracted power struggles among major interest groups and great cross-country variation in institutional ...
Korpi, Walter
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This article explores the conduct of local governance in the decentralization era in Indonesia using new institutionalist framework. It departs from the argument that Indonesia’s democratization and decentralization created new political actors in local ...
Reynaldo de Archellie +2 more
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Beyond the market-institutions dichotomy: The institutionalism of Douglass C. North in response to Karl Polanyi's challenge [PDF]
On the basis of the "challenge" North [1997 (1977)] identified in the works of Polanyi, we propose to outline the originality of North's institutionalism, especially in comparison with "new institutionalism" in economics as well as in sociology. Far from
Caroline Vincensini, Claude Didry
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Institution as Principle Notion of Institutionalism: Definition Problems
The article analyzes approaches to defining institution being a central notion of institutionalism. It is clear that the term ‘institution’ is used by Russian economics in different meaning and the same is true for other humanitarian and social sciences,
I. A. Mankovsky
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CONVENTION THEORY : IS THERE A FRENCH SCHOOL OF ORGANIZATIONAL INSTITUTIONALISM? [PDF]
This paper highlights overlap and differences between Convention Theory and New Organizational Institutionalism and thus states the strong case for profitable dialog. It shows how the former can facilitate new institutional approaches.
Bertrand Valiorgue, Thibault Daudigeos
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