Within the field of strategy, the thesis deals with the role of social movements inthe process of deinstitutionalization through the concept of repertoire of tactics. This research studies how social movement actions lead to the delegitimization of a taken for granted practice. We focus on the...

The work of maintaining institutions has been barely studied by neo-institutional analysis. We propose to enrich this notion thanks to the empirical study of credit rating. The credit rating industry is characterized by a paradox that lies in the opposition between the permanence that comes with...

L‟institution, par définition, reflète une notion de persistance. Elle cadre durablement la pratique des acteurs à travers un ensemble d‟éléments réglementaires, normatifs et cognitifs. Par ailleurs, cette persistance n‟est pas le résultat d‟un pur effet institutionnel. Elle...

We take advantage of the regulatory change planned to transform financial OTC markets into organized markets to study the processes and the means by which powerful actors resist categorization and contest a certain vision of the market. Specifically analyzing the documents produced by the MiFID...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the social construction of a new financial market. A longitudinal qualitative study is used to describe the development of the market for credit derivatives over the 1996-2005 period. Special attention is given to the fact that the market is a transnational...

Nous examinons dans ce papier les micro-fondements moraux d’une logique institutionnelle. Nous nous focalisons plus précisément sur la perpétuation d’une institution paradoxalement permise par la controverse visant à la remettre en cause. Ce propos est étayé par l’étude du débat...

The research aims at studying the compliance of financial practices, the body of rules applicable to financial market participants. It studies the compliance function, a cornerstone of the compliance control system in place within financial services providers. Through this function, we highlight...