The Emergence of a Proto-institution

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dc.contributor.author	Boxenbaum, Eva	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:24:25Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:24:25Z
dc.date.issued	2005-01-10T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6726
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the bringing into existence of a proto-institution, that is, a new practice, rule or technology that diffuses beyond the innovative setting, but which is not yet taken-for-granted in a field. A case study, conducted real-time, shows how a collaborative group of business actors deliberately develop a proto-institution. They transpose an institutional logic from another field and combine it with an institutional logic in the focal field to resolve a field-level problem. Enabling factors include a high level of institutional heterogeneity in the focal field, the use of inter-organizational networks, and actors embedded in multiple fields. The making of the proto-institution is intentional, yet the institutional building blocks and the apparent interests of actors are institutionally embedded. The results from this micro-dynamic analysis suggest revisions to current conceptualizations of institutional change processes. Keywords: Institutional change, proto-institution, cognition, institutional entrepreneurship, innovation, collaborative networks.	en_US
dc.format.extent	49 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper;2004-005	en_US
dc.subject.other	kep	en_US
dc.title	The Emergence of a Proto-institution	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt05jan10 miel	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Organisation og Arbejdssociologi	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IOA	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Organization and Industrial Sociology	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	IOA	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656455720	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2004	en_US