The MNE as a Challenge to Institutional Theory: Key Concepts, Recent Developments and Empirical Evidence
探讨跨国企业如何应对多重且矛盾的制度要求，强调社会在管理多元制度逻辑中的作用，并分析经济联系、外来性和区位策略等组织属性如何过滤制度复杂性。
ABSTRACT The co‐existence of multiple, often contradictory, institutional demands pose challenges to organizations. Despite the intriguing context that multinational enterprises (MNEs) present for the study of organizational action to such demands, research has focused on organizational fields. To more deeply consider the MNE context, we argue that MNEs offer an opportunity to examine the role of society in the ‘management’ of multiple institutional logics. Further, we highlight organizational attributes such as economic ties, foreignness, and location strategy that filter institutional complexity in the context of MNEs. The papers in this Special Issue explore how the dynamic interaction between MNEs and the varying institutional demands across their multiple environments creates avenues for active agency.