Organizational Institutionalism, Institutional Economics, and Comparative Institutionalism Perspectives

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the theoretical-conceptual relations between the frameworks of the organizational institutionalism and institutional logics, institutional economics and institutional distance, and the comparative institutionalism perspectives. The departing assumption is that economic, organizational, and comparative perspectives of the institutional theory have more similarities than differences in conceptual and theoretical assumptions. The method employed is meta-analytic cognition based on the analysis of a theoretical and conceptual literature review. The analysis concludes that the economic, organizational, and comparative institutional perspectives have theoretical differences anchored in economics, sociology, and political science leading to associated to distinct analysis levels, theoretical assumptions and explanations, boundary conditions, etc.