Why Do Companies Engage in the Creation of Private Governance? A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
这篇综述整合了企业创建私人治理（如生态或社会标准）的驱动因素，构建了从宏观制度到中微观层面的分析框架，并指出治理创建常出于工具性目的，为政治企业社会责任研究提供了研究议程。
Abstract Many companies create private governance—collectively designed arrangements such as ecological or social standards that guide corporate conduct. Yet explanations for why firms engage in such governance creation remain fragmented across a wide range of studies and disciplines. This article synthesizes existing research into a comprehensive framework that integrates macro-level institutional conditions with meso- and micro-level drivers and barriers, thereby clarifying the antecedents of corporate engagement in the creation of private governance. We also develop a research agenda addressing these gaps within debates on political corporate social responsibility (PCSR). While PCSR articulates normative ideals of legitimate corporate engagement, empirical findings show governance creation often serves instrumental reasons. Our framework clarifies why and under what conditions firms engage in the creation of private governance.