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Journal of World Business - Special Issue on "Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Co-evolution in International Business"
While the strategic importance of institutions to firms' performance is well recognized in IB, the nexus between institutions and agency (i.e., purposeful action by entrepreneurial individuals, groups or organizations) remains under-developed.
Early perspectives in neo-institutional theory emphasized the power of institutions to determine patterns of action and organization, thereby explaining the convergence of MNEs and managerial practices within the same institutional environment. Institutions, however, do not only constrain, but also are outcomes of human agency. Organizational actors (individuals, firms, coalitions, etc.,) are not only bound by institutions, but also enact and reconstruct them. Indeed, 'institutional work' and the role that organizations and individuals play in institutional creation, maintenance and change has come to the fore in academic debates, albeit primarily outside IB.
The aim of this JWB special issue is to encourage in IB this emerging and more nuanced view of the nexus between agency and institutions, and to stimulate research that promotes new theory and empirical, public policy and practitioner insights on the relationship between institutions (residing at various levels of analysis) and agency in IB.
Please see the full call at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-world-business/call-for-papers/institutions-entrepreneurship-and-co-evolution/
Deadline: January 6, 2014
Inquiries: JWB-group@griffith.edu.au
Special Issue Editors
Sara L. McGaughey, Griffith University, Australia (s.mcgaughey@griffith.edu.au)
Arun Kumaraswamy, Temple University, United States (akumaras@temple.edu)
Peter W. Liesch, University of Queensland, Australia (p.liesch@business.uq.edu.au)
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Arun Kumaraswamy
Assistant Professor
Temple University, The Fox School
Dept. of Strategic Management
A532 Alter Hall (006-14)
1801 Liacouras Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel: (215) 204-6876; Fax: (215) 204-8029
e-mail: akumaras@temple.edu
Google Scholar profile: Arun Kumaraswamy