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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"institutional entrepreneurs"”.
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From ideals to institutions : institutional entrepreneurship in Mexican small business finance
… explores the mechanisms of intentional institutional change. It argues that current accounts of institutions and institutional change require but do not provide a systematic understanding of the role of individuals in processes of change. It then uses two in-depth case studies to explore …
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Institutional perspectives on the implementation of the United Nations principles for responsible management education in UK business schools
… an account of an empirical study into the institutionalisation of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in UK university business schools. 29 academics in 22 schools were engaged in dialogic interviews to address three questions: (1) What are the reported …
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Organizing e-waste
… 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 collecting …
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Building blocks of a new economy : emerging roles for female entrepreneurs in Malaysia
… study highlights the role of women as entrepreneurs who spur micro-level reform with the potential to affect larger institutional change in Malaysia, arguably one of Asia's largest Muslim democracies. In a context where women make up 49% of the current population, government is …
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Context and change in management accounting and control systems: A case study of Telecom Fiji Limited
… aid agencies and customers). The thesis draws on institutional theory while raising questions as to how to refine and extend institutional theory. This theory has often been associated with institutional embeddedness (stability). The social constructivist approach helps to incorporate agency and …
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Changing society: pioneering women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia.
… role of institutions influencing Saudi female entrepreneurs, and how they became enabled to be social agents and institutional entrepreneurs in a very traditional, family-orientated society - albeit facing pressures to change. In acknowledging the uniqueness of the social-cultural context in …
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Integrated reporting in Sri Lankan PLCs
… different perspectives. The thesis adopts an institutional theory with special reference to institutional isomorphism and institutional entrepreneurs as a theoretical framework for describing and analysing how external and internal forces drive Sri Lankan PLCs towards the adoption of IR. The …