Economic Institutions and the State: Insights from Economic History

Hillmann, H. C.

doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-071811-145436

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“…Several authors argue that informal networks sometimes stem from individuals' response to inefficient formal institutions (Ledeneva, 1998;Lomnitz, 1988;Lomnitz & Sheinbaum, 2004;Smart & Hsu, 2008). Such "private-order arrangements" are developed to substitute public-order institutions in societies where formal arrangements do not function effectively (Hillmann, 2013). My interviews also confirmed that people develop informal structures to survive in an uncertain formal institutional context.…”

Section: Imperatives Embedded Into Social Structuressupporting

confidence: 54%

Imperatives in informal organizational resource exchange in Central Europe

Jancsics

2015

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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a b s t r a c tThis paper challenges the mainstream social scientific approach that emphasizes "moral inferiority" in corruption and bribery in Central and Eastern Europe. We argue that in many cases, people participate in informal organizational resource exchanges not because of immorality or greed but rather because of powerful external forces. By using the case of contemporary Hungary to support this argument, this paper provides a systematic analysis of such imperatives. The findings of 50 in-depth qualitative interviews suggest that two main imperatives can be distinguished; macro-level social and mezzo-level organizational forces. Macro-level forces may be linked to historical paths, Hungary's socialist and presocialist social conditions, and its post-socialist welfare state development. Mezzo-level organizational forces are more general phenomena and can be found in many other countries in the world. Moreover, there are numerous categories within each theme. Some of them represent normative imperatives, while others are more material structural forces.

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Section: Imperatives Embedded Into Social Structuressupporting

confidence: 54%

Imperatives in informal organizational resource exchange in Central Europe

Jancsics

2015

Journal of Eurasian Studies

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“…networks) (Jackson and Deeg, 2008;Batjargal et al, 2013) which is based on trust (Dyer and Chu, 2003), communal norms and intra-network sanctioning mechanisms (Greif, 2006;Hillmann and Aven, 2011). This informal system based on mutual support, effective monitoring and fast transfer of reliable information allows for trustworthy partnerships (Hillmann, 2013) at rational transaction costs as uncertainty is reduced (Peng et al, 2009) by checking for partners' social and reputational capital (Peng et al, 2005).…”

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Organizational knowledgeable responses to institutional pressures – a review, synthesis and extension

Moser

Winkler

Narayanamurthy

et al. 2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically review and explore how organizations knowledgeably respond to unfavorable institutional environments that exert institutional pressures and thereby limit their decision-making and eventually their actual behavior. Design/methodology/approach Based on a thorough structuration and analysis of the literature in management and related fields, the authors present a comprehensive synthesis of organizational knowledgeable responses to institutional pressures. Findings Based on the review, the authors categorize organizational knowledgeable responses into three major types – passively responding to avoid non-conformity, reactively mitigating institutional pressures and proactively developing institutional environments toward less interfering setups. Research limitations/implications The authors discuss the enabling conditions for the categorized organizational knowledgeable responses as well as limitations to their application. They identify research gaps and formulate research questions to offer promising avenues for future work. The authors expect this detailed synthesis to lay the framework for investigating how the knowledge-based view of the organization influences its knowledgeable response to institutional pressure. Practical implications The authors elaborate on distinct passive, reactive and proactive strategies, which firms can apply to cope with institutional pressures. The contribution of this study will be of relevance to practitioners managing organizations in the face of unfavorable institutional setups, as well as to policymakers engaged in the development of institutions and interacting with affected organizations. Originality/value This study provides a valuable overview on developments in institutional theory, particularly on contributions to the “nascent literature” that examines heterogeneous organizational knowledgeable responses to institutional pressures.

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“…North, Institutions ; Hillman, ‘Economic institutions and the state’, pp. 254–61; Acemoglu et al., ‘Institutions’.…”

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Uneven centuries: Turkey's experience with economic development since 1820

Pamuk

2019

The Economic History Review

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This article examines the economic development of Turkey from a comparative global perspective. With the help of GDP per capita and other series, it shows that Turkey's record in economic growth and human development since 1820 has been close to world averages and a little above developing country averages. The early focus of the article is on the proximate causes—average rates of investment, below‐average rates of schooling, low rates of total productivity growth, and low technology content of production—which provide important insights into why GDP per capita increases were not any higher. For the deeper causes, the article emphasizes the role of institutions and institutional change. Turkey's formal economic institutions had been influenced by international rules since the nineteenth century, and these rules did not always support economic development. Turkey's elites also made extensive changes in formal political and economic institutions. Formal institutions were only part of the story, however. The direction of institutional change also depended on the political order and the degree of understanding between different groups and their elites. When the political system could not manage the recurring tensions and cleavages between the different elites, economic outcomes suffered.

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Economic Institutions and the State: Insights from Economic History

Cited by 21 publications

References 72 publications

Imperatives in informal organizational resource exchange in Central Europe

Imperatives in informal organizational resource exchange in Central Europe

Organizational knowledgeable responses to institutional pressures – a review, synthesis and extension

Uneven centuries: Turkey's experience with economic development since 1820

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