The institutional construction of organizations : international and longitudinal studies / W. Richard Scott, Søren Christensen, editors.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1995.
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xxiii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references( p. 315-339) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Preface / W. Richard Scott and Soren Christensen
    • Introduction: Institutional Theory and Organizations / W. Richard Scott
    • 1. The New Institutionalism and Rational Choice Theory / Peter Abell
    • 2. Cognitive Sources of Socially Constructed Competitive Groups: Examples From the Manhattan Hotel Industry / Theresa K. Lant and Joel A.C. Baum
    • 3. Localism and Globalism in Institutional Analysis: The Emergence of Contractual Norms in Venture Finance / Mark C. Suchman
    • 4. Origin and Transformation of Organizations: Institutional Analysis of the Danish Red Cross / Soren Christensen and Jan Molin
    • 5. Civilization, Art, and Accounting: The Royal Danish Theater
    • An Enterprise Straddling Two Institutions / Jan Mouritsen and Peter Skoerboek
    • 6. The Incorporation of Multiple Institutional Models: Organizational Field Multiplicity and the Role of Actors / Finn Borum and Ann Westenholz.
    • 7. The Competence View of the Firm: What Can Modern Economists Learn From Philip Selznick's Sociological Theory of Leadership? / Christian Knudsen
    • 8. Using Institutional Theory to Understand For-Profit Sectors: The Case of Financial Reporting Standards / Stephen J. Mezias
    • 9. Accounting for Acquisition Waves: Evidence From the U.S. College Publishing Industry / Patricia H. Thornton
    • 10. Coupling the Technical and Institutional Faces of Janus in Network Industries / Raghu Garud and Arun Kumaraswamy
    • 11. Institutional Interpretations and Explanations of Differences in American and Danish Approaches to Innovation / Peter Karnoe
    • 12. The Origins of Economic Principles: Railway Entrepreneurs and Public Policy in 19th-Century America / Frank Dobbin
    • Conclusion: Crafting a Wider Lens / W. Richard Scott and Soren Christensen.
    ISBN
    • 0803970706 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780803970700 ((alk. paper))
    • 0803970714 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780803970717 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    95009039
    OCLC
    32508889
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