The Institutional Construction of Organizations International and Longitudinal Studies

by W. Richard Scott; Soren Moller Christensen

• ISBN13: 9780803970717
• ISBN10: 0803970714
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-03
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

During the past three decades, organization studies have witnessed a succession of theoretical perspectives - contingency theory, resource dependency and population ecology - that focus on one or other aspect of organizations. Only institutional theory highlights the importance of the wider social and cultural environment as the 'ground' in which organizations are rooted.This book brings together original work from two different research traditions - continental Europe and the United States - to shed light on the study of organizations. This includes empirical observations, longitudinal analyses, market-based organizational forms, and the concepts of agency and strategy.

Table of Contents

Preface - W Richard Scott

Introduction

Institutional Theory and Organizations

PART ONE: ACCOUNTING FOR INSTITUTIONS - Peter Abell

The New Institutionalism and Rational Choice Theory - Theresa K Lant and Joel A C Baum

Cognitive Sources of Socially Constructed Competitive Groups

Examples from the Manhattan Hotel Industry - Mark C Suchman

Localism and Globalization in Institutional Analysis

The Emergence of Contractual Norms in Venture Finance

PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATION TO CONFLICTING AND SHIFTING INSTITUTIONAL AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS - S[ac]oren Christensen and Jan Molin

Origin and Transformation of Organizations

Institutional Analysis of the Danish Red Cross - Jan Mouritsen and Peter Sk[ae]b[ae]k

Civilization, Art, and Accounting

The Royal Danish Theater - An Enterprise Straddling Two Institutions - Finn Borum and Ann Westenholz

The Incorporation of Multiple Institutional Models

Organizational Field Multiplicity and the Role of Actors

PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON FIRMS AND FIELDS - Christian Knudsen

The Competence View of the Firm

What Can Modern Economists Learn from Philip Selznick's Sociological Theory of Leadership? - Stephen J Mezias

Using Institutional Theory to Understand For-Profit Sectors

The Case of Financial Reporting Standards

PART FOUR: INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTS ON INDUSTRIES - Patricia H Thornton

Accounting for Acquisition Waves

Evidence from the US College Publishing Industry - Raghu Garud and Arun Kumaraswamy

Coupling the Technical and Institutional Faces of Janus in Network Industries - Peter Karn[o with a line through]e

Institutional Interpretations and Explanations of Differences in American and Danish Approaches to Innovation - Frank Dobbin

The Origins of Economic Principles

Railway Entrepreneurs and Public Policy in 19th-Century America - W Richard Scott and S[ac]oren Christensen

Conclusion

Crafting a Wider Lens