... representatives, lawyers, and non-governmental organisation officers, and were complemented by secondary sources. The analysis drew on institutional theory and the theory of planned behaviour to explore macro-level pressures, meso-level organisational contextual factors, and micro-level workers' exploitation (non...

...-ends gap (Bromley and Powell, 2012). Decoupling, a core concept in institutional theory, is a strategic response to conflicting pressures (Crilly et al., 2012), where firms adopt socially granted policies to gain legitimacy while keeping their day-to-day practices insulated from change...

... Licensed re-use rights only Gender Diversity Equity Inclusion Formal institutions Informal institutions Institutional theory During the 2024 Democratic National Convention, former United States (US) presidential candidate Hillary Clinton referenced the “highest, hardest glass ceiling...

... Institutional theory Sustainable supply chain management Multi-national enterprises The circular economy (CE) paradigm is becoming increasingly important for its potential to address grand societal challenges like climate change, waste generation and resource scarcity. CE-related concepts have been...

... 11 2023 15 03 2024 07 04 2024 21 04 2024 02 05 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Institutional theory Institutional logics Vaccine development Vaccine production Vaccine distribution Africa...

... Institutional theory Institutional engagement Regulative institutions Institutional uncertainty Operational capabilities Institutional capabilities Weak institutions Emerging markets After over a century of operating in Brazil, Ford Motors closed three Brazilian factories in 2021, resulting...

... procurement capabilities that are most impactful for operating effectively. Design/methodology/approach Agency theory, institutional theory and the lifecycle analysis technique are combined to abductively develop a framework to identify, analyse and compare complex procurement policies and practices...

... Collaborative risk management Social capital Relational governance Transactional governance Institutional theory SC piracy Emerging markets On a remote road in the South of Brazil, three armed men blocked a delivery van containing over US$100,000 worth of cigarettes. While one pointed a gun...

... of the first studies to address how a collaborative large project governance model becomes the norm at the institutional field level beyond the boundaries of an individual project or organization. Governance Large projects Project alliancing Case study Institutional theory 08 12 2021...

... Institutional theory Supply chain design Supply chain logics Samuel Roscoe can be contacted at: S.Roscoe@sussex.ac.uk 20 12 2021 05 04 2022 30 05 2022 02 06 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only We vetted...

.../methodology/approach This study employs a qualitative research design, drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with 46 owners and managers of multi-tier suppliers and 18 key informants of diverse stakeholders. Following an abductive approach, institutional theory conceptually guides the analytical...

... for supply management practices implementation since they may present potential vulnerability for buyers and lead suppliers. Originality/value This study extends the application of institutional theory and contributes to the literature on extended suppliers' supply management practices in a developing...

... of institutional theory (isomorphic pressures and decoupling behavior) to assess how different institutional forces arising from Chinese macro-level factors (market pressure, business turbulence, legal voids, carbon policy, structural-level governmental interference and guanxi with government) influence...

...; the relationship between customer integration and logistical performance is moderated by internal integration Huo et al. (2013) Supplier process integration Supplier system integration Integration practices Normative, mimetic and coercive pressures; institutional theory Financial performance (e.g...

... and the external change agents were the drivers in shaping the improvement practices. Institutional theory Process improvement European Regions for Innovative Productivity (ERIP) Small-medium enterprise In 2013 there were 21.6 million SMEs in the European Union’s non-financial business sector which...

...Katri Kauppi Purpose – Increasing empirical evidence suggests organizational actions are not always driven by economic efficiency considerations, contrary to the rational decision making viewpoint dominant in the field. Institutional theory, examining the causes of isomorphism within...