The analysis of economic institutions stands to gain from a consideration of the interactionist theory of institutions, a resource-based view of organizations to develop business and economic perspectives, and a linkage between the two and any theory of economic institutions. A resource-based...

'...there is... no lack of ambition in this book. And yet, unlike much of what today comes as sociology, it is fun to read, written in a way that combines the very abstract and the very concrete, the principles of general theories and the anecdotes of specific histories, in ways that are...

'...there is... no lack of ambition in this book. And yet, unlike much of what today comes as sociology, it is fun to read, written in a way that combines the very abstract and the very concrete, the principles of general theories and the anecdotes of specific histories, in ways that are...

Dreißig Jahre lang haben Instanzen der EU (früher: EWG = Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft, dann EG = Europäische Gemeinschaften) Entwürfe eines Statuts für eine Europäische Aktiengesellschaft (SE), bestimmt für multinationale Unternehmen, behandelt, bevor eine neue Form des Status...

"Indem die Mikroelektronik in einer zunehmend größeren Anzahl von Arbeitsprozessen als Arbeitsmittel oder Teil von Arbeitsmitteln angewandt wird, ist sie auch mit verschiedenartigen Formen der Arbeitsorganisation und der Qualifikationsverteilung verbunden. Angesichts dieser Vielgestaltigkeit...

The notion of 'society' is increasingly debated, recently, under the impact of 'globalization'. This debate is carried out in both sociology and business studies, and it also has implications in political theory. A theoretical grounding of society is provided following G.H. Mead, which bears...

Revisiter l'analyse sociétale, vingt ans après, permet d'ouvrir une discussion critique à propos des fondements théoriques et méthodologiques de cette approche qui pour beaucoup est identifiée à "la recherche France/Allemagne du LEST" de la fin des années 70 (ce qui n'invalide pas pour...

We examine empirically how an organization that deliberately enhances interpersonal trust to become a significant organizational phenomenon, is different from a similar organization without explicit trust enhancement policies. The point of departure is relational signalling theory, which says...