While recent literature has depicted status as an intangible asset that is firm-specific and mobile, we have a limited understanding of whether status confers advantage in a way similar to other intangible assets. This study examines the macro-structural contingencies that influence the marginal...

We examine the institutions that facilitate the growth of organizations. Following a Weberian approach, we argue that organizations prefer institutions that create an environment rich in technological opportunities, legally secure, financially vibrant and politically predictable, and that they...