...David Martin Herold; Łukasz Marzantowicz Purpose Neo-institutional theories and their constructs have so far only received limited attention in supply chain management literature. As recent supply chain disruptions and their ripple effects affect actors on a broader institutional level, supply...

.../methodology/approach This paper uses a difference-in-differences method to trace the staggered mandatory adoption of gender quotas on boards on Italian listed firms, representing the regulative institution pillar of institutional theory. Findings This paper find that mandatory adopter firms have more...

... and proposes an institutional theory perspective that integrates the disparate viewpoints in the convergence-divergence debate. In this perspective, the paper conceptualizes corporate governance as an element of a nation’s institutional framework in which institutions, that are defined as “[s]ocial structures...

... on Halal certification, food certification and the Institutional Theory factors that could potentially explain the impetus of Halal food certificate implementation. Findings The Institutional Theory offers a suitable explanation that grounds the motivation to implement Halal food certification...

...Matthew C. Mitchell; Jeffrey A. Kappen; William R. Heaston Purpose – This paper aims to compare the emergence and evolution of organizational fields through an analysis of the life insurance industries in two large emerging markets. Using institutional theory as a conceptual framework, we compare...