The formation of the first Islamic bank in Germany in 2015 came with considerable tensions at the interface of the religious logic, on the one hand, and the state logic, on the other. With the Islamic religious logic being novel to the German field of banking and finance, innovative templates...

Die Studie widmet sich der Analyse der latent hinter den Regelungsinhalten deutschsprachiger Führungsgrundsätze wirkenden Sinn- und Bedeutungsdimension. Unter Rückgriff auf qualitativ-hermeneutische und argumentationsanalytische Methoden werden die unhinterfragten und typisierten...

Applying the theoretical lens of organizational institutionalism, this study analyzes the spread of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Austrian corporate world. The objectives are threefold: First, to explore the institutional framework in place; second, to explain the dissemination of...

We are in crisis mode. Climate change is simultaneously the grandest global challenge and a daily challenge to individuals' perceptions, motivations, and actions. Economic sociology equips us to examine the heart of this crisis: the means, institutions, and regulations of production, exchange,...