An Institutional And Network Perspective Of Organisational Legitimacy: Empirical Evidence From China′s Telecommunications Market

• Main Author: Low, Brian
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Academy of Management (AAM) 2010
• Subjects: HD28-70 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/36523/1/art_1_%28117-134_%29.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/36523/; http://web.usm.my/aamj/15.2.2010/art%201%20%28117-134%20%29.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

This perspective paper combines institutional and industrial network theory to develop a framework for analysing organisational legitimacy. The main subject, Nokia China, is found to be sensitive to network-legitimating initiatives, with consequences that accommodate multiple, conflicting stakeho...