Economic systems are undergoing a generalized effort to improve corporate governance structures and processes.Waves of scandals and increasing public scrutiny push institutional regulators and corporate boards of directors to establish and adopt new practices.Codes of good governance have...

Contents: 1. New themes in institutional analysis : topics and issues from European research / Georg Krücken, Renate E. Meyer and Peter Walgenbach -- 2. The value of institutional logics / Roger Friedland -- 3. What are institutional logics and where is the perspective taking us? / Christina...

This timely and important book provides a critical analysis of the changes and challenges that currently affect European universities. Using both theoretical contributions and applied case studies, leading experts argue that universities as institutions are in need of change - although the...