Sub-theme 45: Pluralism and Patterns in Institutional Trajectories
Convenors:
Robert David, McGill University, Canada
Pamela S. Tolbert, Cornell University, USA
Paul Tracey, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Temporality and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Pamela Tolbert
David Chandler
Einstein's four dimensions: Diachronically and synchronically situated institutions
Sungyong Chang, Ivana Katic and Eric Abrahamson
Institutional transience and fashion persistence: Outlines of an evolutionary theory of fashions and institutions
This session will include introductions and a welcome from the convenors
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Contestation and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Robert David
Markus Helfen
The contested institutionalization of precariousness: The legalization of private employment agencies and temporary agency
work in Germany
Ben Wempe and Frank Wijen
Continuous quarrels: Institutionalization in essentially contested fields
Edward J. Carberry and Edward J. Zajac
Managerial power in the face of legitimacy challenges: Making sense of executive compensation after Enron
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the
first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 16:00 to 17:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Adoption and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Paul Tracey
Shinwon Noh
Under the shadow of parents: Different institutional trajectories of diversification by corporate foundations
Isla Milne
The institutional resource-based view: Implications for practice adoption and abandonment
Mary C. Still
A comparison of divergent innovations in dynamic institutional environments
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the
first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Embeddedness and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Pamela Tolbert
Emily S. Block
A typology of organizational responses to institutional pluralism
Abhinav Gupta and Forrest Briscoe
Organizational susceptibility to outside influences: The role of ideology
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the
first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Combination, Recombination and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Robert David
Markus Perkmann
Bricolage in organizational formation: Building organizations from multiple organizational forms
Peter Dacin, Derin Kent and M. Tina Dacin
Institutional revival: Building on the past to make the future
Joel Bothello and Marie-Laure Djelic
Transnational path generation: The case of modern environmentalism
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the
first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Entrepreneurship and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Paul Tracey
Tomislav Rimac
Theorizing the role of deviance in trajectories of institutional innovation
Paul F. Skilton
'Know your farmer, know your food' and food hubs: New organizational forms and the USDA's role in the local food movement
Michael Darby, Lynne Zucker and Jade (Yu-Chieh) Lo
Demand for new organizational forms: Mechanisms for resolution of conflict over emerging technologies
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the
first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, Jean-Brillant, B-4311
Social Evaluations and Institutional Trajectories
Chair: Pamela Tolbert
Ana Aranda and Tal Simons
Institutional pressures, legitimacy, and performance in the US tobacco industry
This session will end with a surprise not to be missed!
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).
Authors will be discussants for the paper immediately following theirs, with the authors of the last paper discussing the first (co-authors, if present, are encouraged to fill the discussant role).