Beyond Red Tape and Fools: Institutional Theory in Entrepreneurship Research, 1992–2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Su ◽  
Qinghua Zhai ◽  
Tomas Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
State And Market ◽  
Level Analysis ◽  
Level Of Analysis ◽  
Leading Journals

Institutional theory has become an increasingly common lens in entrepreneurship research. Over the past years, the number of entrepreneurship studies that adopt institutional perspective (EIn research) has grown dramatically. This review systematically examines extant EIn research, analyzing 194 articles published in 11 leading journals from 1992 to 2014. In this review, we focus on three characteristics of the articles: institutional logic, level of analysis, and methodology. Further, we identify three distinct periods of EIn research: the conceptual phase, 1992–2000, the exploration phase 2001–2007, and the acceptance phase 2008–2014. This allows us to provide detailed discussion on main characteristics of the articles and identify evolutionary trends of this research area. The overall surge of articles with institutional perspective in entrepreneurship research is promising. We can see an increasing variation of methods being applied and a growing mutual interest between entrepreneurship and institutional theory researchers. Yet, we find substantial biases and omissions in the application of institutional theory. There is a focus on national level analysis with assuming state and market logics. For EIn to move forward it has to move closer to field/industry level analysis and add new insights into entrepreneurship and alternative logics. Based on our framework and additional insights gained from the review, we outline directions for future EIn research.

Influence of national and regional level social capital on entrepreneurial activity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Cox ◽  
Jason Lortie ◽  
Ratan J.S. Dheer
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
National Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Level Of Analysis

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the influence that national levels of social capital have on entrepreneurial activity. Specifically, we argue that national and regional level social capital positively influences the ability of entrepreneurs to mobilize and access important resources thereby positively impacting the rate of entrepreneurship within nations and regions.Design/methodology/approachWe advance a multilevel and multidimensional conceptualization of social capital. Then based on a dataset of 68 nations and 665 within-nation regions, we empirically evaluate the effects of social capital at the national and regional level in explaining differences in entrepreneurial activity across nations and regions using a combination of regression analysis and multilevel hierarchical linear modeling (HLM).FindingsOur findings emphasize the importance of formulating a multilevel conceptualization of social capital for entrepreneurship research. We discuss the results, provide implications for public policy and suggest avenues for future research.Originality/valueThe overwhelming majority of entrepreneurship research focused on investigating the implications of social capital reside at the individual level of analysis. Our unique inquiry is an inaugural effort to consider this important implications at the macro and meso-level of analysis by examining both regional and national-level effects.

Institutional Antecedents of Corporate Governance Legitimacy

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Q. Judge ◽  
Thomas J. Douglas ◽  
Ali M. Kutan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
National Level ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Comparative Corporate Governance

The authors studied panel data for corporate governance ratings in 50 countries between 1997 and 2005 to understand what the country-level predictors of corporate governance legitimacy might be. Using neo-institutional theory, they found that all three pillars of institutionalization influenced perceptions of corporate governance at the national level—specifically, (a) the greater the extent of law and order, (b) the more the culture emphasized global competitiveness, and (c) the less the prevalence of corruption, the higher the corporate governance legitimacy within a nation. This study refines and extends the comparative corporate governance literature, as well as the neo-institutional perspective.

scholarly journals A Macro‐National Level Analysis of Arab Women's Work Engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muntaha Banihani ◽  
Jawad Syed
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
National Level ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Level Analysis

Burnout in gastrenterologists: a national-level analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Catarina Correia ◽  
Raquel Teixeira ◽  
Nuno Miguel Peres de Almeida ◽  
Sofia Morais ◽  
Pedro Figueiredo
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Exposure to Floods, Climate Change, and Poverty in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mook Bangalore ◽  
Andrew Smith ◽  
Ted Veldkamp
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
National Level ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Socioeconomic Data ◽  
The City ◽  
Level Analysis

Abstract. With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is highly exposed to riverine and coastal flooding. This paper examines the exposure of the population and poor people in particular to current and future flooding in Vietnam and specifically in Ho Chi Minh City, using new high-resolution flood hazard maps and spatial socioeconomic data. The national-level analysis finds that a third of today’s population is already exposed to a flood, which occurs once every 25 years, assuming no protection. For the same return period flood under current socioeconomic conditions, climate change may increase the number exposed to 38 to 46 percent of the population. Climate change impacts can make frequent events as important as rare ones: the estimates suggest a 25-year flood under future conditions can expose more people than a 200-year flood under current conditions. Although poor districts are not found to be more exposed to floods at the national level, the city-level analysis of Ho Chi Minh City provides evidence that slum areas are highly exposed. The results of this paper show the benefits of investing today in flood risk management, and can provide guidance as to where future investments may be targeted.

scholarly journals The development of institutional theory in the field of organization studies in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edson Ronaldo Guarido Filho ◽  
Clóvis L. Machado-da-Silva
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Scientometric Analysis ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Organization Studies ◽  
Substantive Content ◽  
The Social ◽  
Academic Events ◽  
Shared Understandings

This article is based on the assumption that the construction of scientific knowledge is a social process characterized by the recursive dynamic between the social and intellectual dimensions. In light of this statement, we investigated how the construction of the institutional perspective is delineated in the context of organizational studies in Brazil from 1993 to 2007, considering transformations in its substantive content as well as the social organization of scientists. The study is based on documentary research of published articles in scientific journals and at academic events. We analyzed social networks of authorship in order to map the cooperation relationships between researchers, and we also used scientometric analysis, based on cited and co-cited authors, for mapping the intellectual framework throughout the period under study. The findings reveal that social ties among scientists in the field of institutional theory are representative of intellectual affinity, which means that there are social mechanisms working in the process of diffusion of ideas and formation of shared understandings, both aspects regarded to social embeddedness of researchers in the clusters in which they belong.

scholarly journals Interplay of institutional and cultural theories of organization

Sociologija ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-458
Author(s):  
Nebojsa Janicijevic
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Culture Theory ◽  
Organizational Culture Theory ◽  
Theory Of Organization ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Institutional Theory Of Organizations ◽  
Institutional Pattern ◽  
Level Of Analysis

In this paper, similarities and differences between the institutional theory of organization and organizational culture theory are analysed, and how these theories complement each other is highlighted. This study posits that both the institutional and cultural theories of organizations have the same research subject and that they approach it from the same research paradigm. The level of analysis distinguishes the two, and therefore, an interaction between the institutional and cultural theories of organizations is useful. Organizational culture theory supports the institutional theory in explaining the underlying factors and the forms of the implementation of institutional pattern in organizations. The institutional theory of organizations supports the organizational culture theory to expand its findings regarding the sources of organizational culture.

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