Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes

Oliver, Christine

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“…Instead, firms may develop rare, rather intangible, socially complex and historically rooted capacities that may give them a longer-term competitive advantage and that may be hard to imitate (Barney, 1991). Because of this, firms are also capable of responding differently to the same institutional constraints (Oliver, 1991). They may even develop specific capabilities that allow them to not only adjust to certain political or institutional contexts, but to shape and transform the latter in their favor (Oliver and Holzinger, 2008).…”

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Africa Business Research as a Laboratory for Theory-Building: Extreme Conditions, New Phenomena, and Alternative Paradigms of Social Relationships

2017

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Abstract:Africa is an increasingly important business context, yet we still know very little about it. We review the challenges and opportunities that firms in Africa face and propose that these can serve as the basis for extending current theories and models of the firm. We do so by challenging some of the implicit assumptions and stereotypes on firms in Africa and proposing three avenues for extending theories. One is taking the extreme conditions of some Africa countries and using them as a laboratory for modifying current theories and models of the firm, as we illustrate in the case of institutional theory and the resource-based view. A second one is identifying new themes that arise from analyzing firms in Africa and their contexts of operation, and we discuss four themes: migrating multinationals and the meaning of home country, diaspora networks within and across countries, a recasting of cultural and institutional distance, and new hybrid organizational forms. A third one is developing new theories based on alternative paradigms of social relationships that have emerged in Africa that differ from those underpinning existing theories of the firm, such as kgotla and its view of community-based relationships or ubuntu and its humanizing view of relationships.

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Africa Business Research as a Laboratory for Theory-Building: Extreme Conditions, New Phenomena, and Alternative Paradigms of Social Relationships

2017

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“…Sendo assim, nos casos em que há mais de uma origem da legitimidade, aumenta-se a possibilidade de haver aspectos contraditórios entre as diferentes dimensões e níveis (SEO;. Isso pode ocasionar: em primeiro lugar, perda de legitimidade para os objetos organizacionais, já que os diferentes parâmetros sociais podem apresentar disposições contrárias ou lógicas contrastantes em relação à forma de atuar das organizações (GREENWOOD et al, 2011;ROWAN, 1977;SCOTT, 1983); em segundo lugar, um aumento na diferenciação das organizações, já que, diante da multiplicidade de orientações e da complexidade do ambiente, cada uma delas tenderá a responder de forma diferente a cada uma das pressões (GREENWOOD et al, 2011;OLIVER, 1991;. Por consequência, a existência de organizações diferenciadas em razão da diversidade de pressões institucionais pode levar algumas organizações a ganharem mais do que outras no processo de legitimação, diante de seu posicionamento em relação àquelas origens mais socialmente validadas (ALDRICH; RUEF, 2006;RAO, 1994).…”

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O que é legitimidade organizacional?

Rossoni

2016

Organ. Soc.

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ResumoN este artigo, revisitamos o conceito de legitimidade organizacional a partir do resgate de seu caráter estrutural, assim como da elucidação de seu vínculo com os princípios mais enraizados na sociedade. Para tanto, primeiramente levantamos as origens do conceito, desenvolvendo definições acerca de seu uso. Depois, descrevemos as diferentes dimensões da legitimidade organizacional, comparando a perspectiva de vários autores. Na sequência, discutimos as questões relacionadas aos níveis de análise, aos objetos e também às origens da legitimidade. Concluímos este ensaio apontando as consequências e as implicações da legitimidade, inclusive para a sobrevivência e desempenho organizacional. Palavras-chave:Legitimidade. Institucionalismo organizacional. Teoria institucional. Sobrevivência. Desempenho. AbstractI n this paper, we revisited the concept of organizational legitimacy by rescuing its structural character and elucidating its link with the principles most rooted in society. In order to do so, first we raised the origins of the concept, developing definitions of its use. Then we described the different dimensions of organizational legitimacy, comparing the perspectives of various authors. Following, we discussed issues related to its levels of analysis, to the objects and also to the sources of legitimacy. Finally, we conclude this essay pointing out the consequences and implications of legitimacy, including the organizational survival and performance.

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“…Brak legitymizacji skutkuje bowiem wykluczeniem społecznym, które naraża podmiot na ataki i próby likwidacji, jak również stwarza dodatkowe ryzyko przeniesienia tych działań na współpracujące jednostki. W świetle dotychczasowego stanu wiedzy [Oliver 1991] legitymizacja jest społecznym aspektem działalności pomiotów gospodarczych kluczowym dla ich przetrwania i odniesienia sukcesu gospodarczego. Dążenie do pozyskania i utrzymania legitymizacji organizacji jest związane z koniecznością ciągłego "zgrywania" percepcji jej działalności i stawianych oczekiwań społecznych.…”

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Rozwarstwienie w systemie rachunkowości zarządczej - studium przypadku

Łada¹

2016

SOEP

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Streszczenie: Artykuł jest poświęcony problematyce rozwarstwienia w systemie rachunkowości zarządczej. Prezentowane wyniki badań wskazują, że wewnętrzne metody rachunkowości mogą być wykorzystywane nie tylko po to, by zyskać legitymizację instytucjonalną, ale są również wprowadzane i regularnie stosowane dla celów legitymizacji strategicznej. Studium przypadku przeprowadzone na jednej z polskich wyższych uczelni ujawniło symptomy rozwarstwienia w systemie rachunkowości zarządczej -jedna z metod kalkulacji kosztów kształcenia była stosowana wyłącznie jako fasada legitymizacyjna i nie miała wpływu na decyzje i działania podejmowane na uczelni, w tym na pozostałe elementy systemu rachunkowości zarządczej.Słowa kluczowe: legitymizacja, rachunkowość zarządcza, rozwarstwienie. Klasyfi kacja JEL: M41. DECOUPLING IN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS -CASE STUDYAbstract: Th e paper is focused on the phenomenon of symbolic decoupling in management accounting systems. Th e presented research indicates that internal accounting tools are not only applied in order to gain institutional legitimacy, but can be introduced and regularly used also for the purpose of strategic legitimacy. Th e case study conducted in a Polish university has revealed the symptoms of decoupling in management accounting systems; one of the cost calculation methods has been used SOEP

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Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes

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Africa Business Research as a Laboratory for Theory-Building: Extreme Conditions, New Phenomena, and Alternative Paradigms of Social Relationships

Africa Business Research as a Laboratory for Theory-Building: Extreme Conditions, New Phenomena, and Alternative Paradigms of Social Relationships

O que é legitimidade organizacional?

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