This research examines the rise and spread of alternative medicine in the U.S. health care field. Alternative medicine includes a variety of treatment therapies (e.g., acupuncture, therapeutic touch, acupressure, etc.) whose underlying principles rest uneasily with those of dominant mainstream...

While the importance of organizational learning and technological innovation for environmental sustainability is well noted, little is known about why and how firms choose not to implement what they learn and innovate. We examine the learning-doing gap in an empirical context of sustainable...

Barriers to entry in regulated markets are frequently conceptualized as static features that must be removed or overcome if new entrants are to successfully enter a market. However, government institutions regulating markets often consist of multiple levels existing in tension with one another....

This study examines how ventures can leverage relationships with heterogeneous government stakeholders to enhance survival in different institutional environments. We consider how the distinct resources provided from venture ties to military and political actors represent complementary strategic...

Although management studies suggest that firms seek to enhance their outcomes by influencing government officials, evidence on the efficacy of their efforts is mixed. We propose that these inconsistent findings could result in part from research that has overlooked the role of the administrative...

Although research has examined when firms will engage in strategies to appease the demands of important stakeholders, stakeholder theories have not thoroughly explained how firms go about executing these strategies. We address this issue by linking institutional theory with the theory of the...

This paper explores why some policies designed to lower the barriers to entry and close the entrepreneurial gender gap are effective in some settings, yet ineffective in others. We propose that while policy changes can lower the barriers to entrepreneurship, local institutional logics may shape...

In this study, we investigate the effect of political pluralism on foreign firm market-entry decisions. Although prior research has argued that political pluralism has a positive impact on organizations, using an institutional theory lens to evaluate political pluralism suggests that in regions...

Although existing research has demonstrated the importance of attaining legitimacy for new market categories, few scholars have considered the tradeoffs associated with such actions. Using the U.S. organic food product category as a context, we explore how one standards-based certification...