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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Neo-institutional theory"”.
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Convergence and Divergence: Comparative Analysis of Procedural Rule Changes of the Hong Kong and Singapore International Arbitration Centers within the Framework of Neo-Institutional Theory
… patterns of convergence and/or divergence is neo-institutional theory. Under this theory, organizations in any given field become homogenous over time through three possible mechanisms: coercive isomorphism, mimetic isomorphism, and normative isomorphism. My research design and methodology …
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An investigation of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Practices in Saudi Arabian Firms
… has been utilised in this research study, with neo-institutional theory, as proposed by DiMaggio and Powell (1983) and Scott (2008), employed as the main theoretical framework to interpret the findings. The major limitation of the neo-institutional theory in recognising active role of agents has …
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The Impact of Post-Acquisition Autonomy upon Small to Medium Enterprise Integration Success
… and decision-making authority. This study used neo-institutional theory to investigate the relationship between acquired firm autonomy and integration success at the firm level. It also sought to identify possible moderating impacts of an acquired firm’s pre-acquisition organizational archetype, …
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Environmental NGOs and Business: A Grounded Theory of Assessment, Targeting, and Influencing
This dissertation sought to develop a grounded theory explaining how ENGOs assess the environmental performance of firms, select target industries and firms, and influence those targeted industries and firms. A preliminary model based on research in the fields of social movements, neo-institutional …
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The Impact of Community Governance Participation on the Sustainable Development of Chinese Property Management Companies
… affects corporate sustainability, using neo-institutional theory (NIT) as a framework. A qualitative case study approach is adopted, incorporating thematic analysis of interviews with property managers, Local Street Office officials, Residents’ Committee members, industry experts, …
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An investigation of corporate responsibility practices amongst MNCs' subsidiaries in Sri Lanka. Implementation and influencing factors.
… and those factors which exist outside in the institutional environment of the host country. The study combines three broad theoretical domains: Corporate Responsibility implementation literature, International Business Strategy literature and Neo-Institutional theory. It uses a qualitative …
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Corporate Governance Reforms in Pakistan: Institutionalisation, contradictions, and unintended consequences
This study examines the process of institutionalisation, contradictions and unintended consequences of Corporate Governance (CG) regulations in Pakistan. Prior studies have mostly focused on outcomes of CG regulations. The ‘process’ centred approach adopted in this study contributes to the CG …
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Risk, responsibility, and power in the regulation of Ireland’s financial services industry, 2004-2017
… framework using concepts of power, systems theory, neo-institutional theory, and financialisation studies is developed. This highlights neoliberal justifications underlying regulatory approaches that seek to empower citizens (as consumers) and trust industry (to self-regulate), while …
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Organizing e-waste
… have adopted the WEEE legislation. Insights from neo-institutional theory provide an aid to understanding the impact that the legislation has had on the working practices of six organisations dealing with e-waste. An action research approach was adopted for the field research as a means of …
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An investigation of Corporate Governance practices in Saudi Arabia listed companies: Adoption and policy challenges
… how such practices are influenced by the larger institutional environment and socio-contextual factors. It explores the emergence, development and adoption of the recent regulations of CG introduced in 2015 and 2017 by examining the different types of institutional pressures that drive SLCs to …
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Institutionalisation and destabilisation of the public research governance paradigm: What can we learn about the next social contract for science from small industrialised democratic states?
… systems are shown to reflect their multi-level institutional and material contexts, and the perspective of governments as they make sense of these contexts according to their own ideological commitments. These observations point to the challenges that lie ahead in prompting more purposeful and …
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Institutionalizing Ombudsman: An Analysis of Two External Facing Ombudsman Offices in the U.S. Federal Government
… every agency has an Ombudsman. This study uses neo-institutionalist theory to pinpoint indicators that explain what has triggered the proliferation of external facing Ombudsmen in the federal government. The results of this historical retrospective investigation, which uses a mixed methods …
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Constructing an 'information strategy' in Higher Education: perceptions, structure and action
… theorise the strategy formulation process; using neo-institutional theory and in particular isomorphism in an attempt to understand the different interpretations and provide an explanation as to why, in this case, an information strategy was not forthcoming. The contribution to knowledge, from …
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The effects of challenge and hindrance stressors on multinational corporations’ subsidiary performance: the role of institutional dependence
… to operating revenue and local responsiveness. Institutional dependence strengthens the link between challenge stressors and work engagement, but it weakens the association between work engagement and local responsiveness. The current study makes several contributions to existing knowledge in …
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Corporate Social Responsibility in China: The Influence of Dynamic Capability and the Implications on Financial Performance and Investment
… on the stakeholder, dynamic capability, and neo-institutional theories. Data were collected from 134 Chinese companies listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange (SZSE) and Shanghai stock exchange (SHSE) over the period 2017 to 2019 to examine the role of dynamic capability on SCSR adoption. The …