The MNE as a Challenge to Institutional Theory: Key Concepts, Recent Developments and Empirical Evidence

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Saka Helmhout, Ayse ^a   Deeg, Richard ^b   Greenwood, Royston ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative institutional analysis; Institutional complexity; Institutional logics; Multinational enterprises; Organizational institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958951463     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12172     Document Type: Article

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