Institutional theory has proven to be a central analytical perspective for investigating the role of larger social and historical structures of Information System (IS) adaptation. However, it does not explicitly account for how organizational actors make sense of and enact IS in their local context. We address this limitation by showing how sensemaking theory can be combined with institutional ...

Institutional theories have been adopted to explain and predict the process of Information Systems (IS) innovation in organisations. However, most institutional-centred frameworks overlook the significance of external economic efficiency and internal organisational capability when organisations consider strategic responses to institutional conformity pressure. Focusing on the diffusion of IS se...

In this article, we set out an approach to European Union politics that seeks to explain its development using theories of institutional change. In contrast to dominant theories which assume that the Treaties, the governing texts of the European Union, faithfully ensure that the desires of member states are respected, we argue that these theories are incomplete contracts, rife with ambiguities....

This paper reviews literature in and around new institutional economics to assess its contributions to, and limitations in, research on environmental decisionmaking and governance. The paper also proposes ways to increase the fruitfulness of new institutional approach for environmental research. The paper identifies the conceptualisation of environmental problems as instances of interdependence...

Traditionally, economics has regarded institutions, notably norms and regulations, as fixed or exogenous. Surprisingly few insights on institutional evolution from natural and social sciences have made their way into economics. This article gives an overview of evolutionary theories of institutions in biology, sociology, anthropology and economics. These theories are subsequently compared with ...

purpose: institutional repositories provide a new infrastructure for the scientific information management in universities. they can fulfill the internal and external needs if set optimally. many universities in iran have decided to develop their institutional repository but they have not applied a systematic planning for it yet. these attempts are based on unorganized frameworks and structures...

This article investigates how Information Systems researchers apply institutional theoretical frameworks. Our aim is to explore the operationalization of meta-theoretical frameworks for empirical research which can often present difficulties in IS research. We include theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects to explore modalities of use. After an overview of institutional concepts, we ...

The traditional view that excise taxes are regressive has been challenged. I document the history of the term regressive tax, show that traditional definitions have always found cigarette taxes to be regressive, and illustrate the implications of the greater price responsiveness observed among the poor. I explain the different definitions of tax burden: accounting, welfare-based willingness to ...

Exploring an alternative way to approach famine relief interventions, this paper draws on the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault and David Keen's recent work on south-west Sudan. It suggests that different discourses on 'famine' can lead to the dominance of certain kinds of institutional practices, and the prioritisation of special kinds of knowledge, at the expense of other modes of un...