.... The authors conclude by discussing whether regular emergences of new theories that account for the idea-handling stage of diffusion signals institutional theory’s limit of validity in this domain. Originality/value The problem of idea emergence/diffusion/disappearance and adoption/variation/use...

... on deinstitutionalization is taken as a key text on the subject and as a starting point for building an alternative theory of deinstitutionalization. More broadly, institutional theory and organizational literature on diffusion/adoption are reviewed and synthesized. Findings The authors argue that possibilities...

...Herman Aksom New institutionalism and management fashion theory together offer the most coherent anti-rationalist view (Abrahamson, 1991 ; Abrahamson and Rosenkopf, 1993) on the institutional forces that drive decisions to adopt and diffusion rate of emerging and already established management...

...-impossible to participate in the international debate without a mastery of the English language (Nickerson, 2005 ; Tietze, 2004). Diversity Diffusion France Organizational behavior Organizational theory Cross cultural studies The second challenge is that as a specific field...