We use panel data on ISO 9000 quality certification in 85 countries between 1993 and 1998 to better understand the cross-national diffusion of an organizational practice. Following neoinstitutional theory, we focus on the coercive, normative, and mimetic effects that result from the exposure of...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of organizational change and institutional logics in global accounting standard setting. In particular, with applying the institutional logics approach, I investigate what kind of changes were occur in the transformation of the IASC to the...

The long-standing discussion on decoupling has recently moved from adopters not implementing the agreed-upon policies towards compliant adopters not achieving the goals intended by institutional entrepreneurs. This 'means-ends decoupling' prevails especially in highly opaque fields, where...

An educated society can bring up the desired changes for the acceleration of development pace. The state of Uttar Pradesh, one of the highest population states, has been witnessing a sea change in terms of technical as well as professional education. The government is promoting the private...

This paper analyzes how national institutional factors affect the adoption of the international environmental management standard ISO 14001, using a panel of 139 countries from 1996 to 2006. The analysis emphasizes that during the emerging phase of the standard, the potential lack of consensus...

Mit dem zunehmenden, selbstbedienten Angebot von Dienstleistungen durch den filialisierten Einzelhandel ergibt sich die Frage nach den damit verbundenen Vorteilen für Dienstleistungsanbieter und -nachfrager. Manuel Kluckert analysiert die für ein solches Angebot notwendigen Voraussetzungen und...