Institutional logics matter when coordinating resource integration

Theoretical Integration of New Institutional Economics

The purpose of this study is to investigate the theoretical integration or eclecticism of New Institutional Economics (NIE) on the basis of the four-stage Tillings model. The first step demonstrates that the new institutionalists, as to confront the hegemonic scientific mainstream, stated that their goal was to moderate neoclassical assumptions, but in fact, their main goal was to expand and st...

Institutional Logics and Institutional Pluralism : The Contestation of Care and

We are grateful for the many scholars and medical practitioners who helped with our research. We thank the editor, Mauro Guillén, three anonymous reviewers who helped to substantially improve the paper, the participants of the EGOS 2007 Subtheme on Professions, the Boston College Research Workshop 2008, and the following people who provided helpful comments on prior drafts of our paper: Forrest...

coordinating immigrant integration in germany

Is crowdfunding Doomed in Sweden? When Institutional Logics and affordances collide, (Re-)Design Matters

Crowdfunding has been embraced by entrepreneurs across the globe as an alternative, and well-publicized, source of start-up financing. In Sweden, despite the apparent benefits of crowdfunding, high levels of internet connectivity and a reputation for producing global ICT entrepreneurs, crowdfunding has not (yet) been embraced among ICT entrepreneurs. This paper explores this empirical puzzle in...

Does Institutional Memory Matter?

A fter 55 years of service, Dr. Joseph C. Greenfield quietly stepped down from his position as Director of the Heart Station, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital affiliated with Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Greenfield was also the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Chairman of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology Emeritus, and one of my most important mentors. This marks an event that ...