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HOW INSTITUTIONS MATTER!

RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS

Series Editor: Michael Lounsbury

Recent Volumes:

Volume 36:The Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice – Looking Forward at Forty
Volume 37:Managing ‘Human Resources’ by Exploiting and Exploring People’s Potentials
Volume 38:Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research
Volume 39A:Institutional Logics in Action, Part A
Volume 39B:Institutional Logics in Action, Part B
Volume 40:Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks
Volume 41:Religion and Organization Theory
Volume 42:Organizational Transformation and Scientific Change: The Impact of Institutional Restructuring on Universities and Intellectual Innovation
Volume 43:Elites on Trial
Volume 44:Institutions and Ideals: Philip Selznick’s Legacy for Organizational Studies
Volume 45:Towards a Comparative Institutionalism: Forms, Dynamics and Logics across the Organizational Fields of Health and Higher Education
Volume 46:The University Under Pressure
Volume 47:The Structuring of Work in Organizations

RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS VOLUME 48A

HOW INSTITUTIONS MATTER!

EDITED BY

JOEL GEHMAN

University of Alberta, Canada

MICHAEL LOUNSBURY

University of Alberta, Canada

ROYSTON GREENWOOD

University of Alberta, Canada

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Michelle ArthurAnderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Marco ClementeSKK Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
Jeannette A. ColyvasSchool of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Giuseppe DelmestriInstitute for Change Management and Management Development, Department of Management, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Gili S. DroriDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Nathanael J. FastMarshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joel GehmanAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Vern L. GlaserAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Mary Ann GlynnCarroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Elizabeth GoodrickCollege of Business, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Sandy E. Green, Jr.College of Business and Economics, California State University Northridge, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Royston GreenwoodAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Robin GustafssonDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Derek J. HarmonRoss School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Stefan JonssonDepartment of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Allen K. KimDepartment of Computer Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
Debbie H. KimSchool of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Thomas B. LawrenceSaïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Christi LockwoodCarroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Michael LounsburyAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Renate E. MeyerWU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria; and Copenhagen School of Business, Copenhagen, Denmark
William OcasioKellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
M. Paola OmettoAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Karen D. W. PattersonAnderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Briana PremingerDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and SKEMA Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France
Jill M. PurdyMilgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA
Chris RowellDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Jean-François SoublièreAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Tracy A. ThompsonMilgard School of Business, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, USA
Marvin WashingtonAlberta School of Business, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Tammar B. ZilberJerusalem School of Business, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

SERIES EDITOR

Michael Lounsbury Professor of Strategic Management & Organization, Canada Research Chair in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Alberta School of Business, Alberta, Canada

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Howard E. Aldrich

University of North Carolina, USA

Christine Beckman

University of Maryland, USA

Jeannette Colyvas

Northwestern University, USA

Barbara Czarniawska

Göteborg University, Sweden

Gerald F. Davis

University of Michigan, USA

Marie-Laure Djelic

ESSEC Business School, France

Frank R. Dobbin

Harvard University, USA

Royston Greenwood

University of Alberta, Canada

Mauro Guillen

University of Pennsylvania, USA

Paul M. Hirsch

Northwestern University, USA

Candace Jones

University of Edinburgh, UK

Brayden King

Northwestern University, USA

Ann Langley

HEC Montreal, Canada

Renate Meyer

Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria

Mark Mizruchi

University of Michigan, USA

Nelson Phillips

Imperial College London, UK

Walter W. Powell

Stanford University, USA

Marc Schneiberg

Reed College, USA

W. Richard Scott

Stanford University, USA

Sarah Soule

Stanford University, USA

Haridimos Tsoukas

ALBA, Greece

Eero Vaara

Aalto, Finland