H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Thursday, 2 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


H-01
The Emergence of Markets
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Meltem Odabas, University of Arizona, School of Sociology
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Price and Preference: Interaction and Upselling in the Housing Market
Max Besbris, New York University
Principles, Mechanisms and Causes of Healthcare Marketisation
Nick Krachler, Cornell University
The Emergence of “Solidarity Recycling” in Brazil, 1980 – 2014
Mario Sacomano Neto, Federal University of Sao Carlos - UFSCar; Silvio Eduardo Alvarez Candido, Federal University of Sao Carlos - UFSCar; Fernanda Verissimo Soulé, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar)
Constructing Market for Responsibility
Mikolaj Lewicki, University of Warsaw

H-02
Autocracy, Corruption, the Economy, and the Return of State Capitalism 1
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Masha Hedberg, EUI
Session Organizer: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London

Participants:
Strong State, Weak Managers: How Hungarian Firms Cope with Autocracy
Dorottya Sallai, University of Greenwich; Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London
Budapest in Warsaw: Central European Business Elites and the Rise of Economic Patriotism Since the Crisis
Marek Naczyk, University of Oxford

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


H-03
Author Meets Critics: “Plastic Money: Constructing Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Postcommunist Countries” by Akos Rona-Tas and Alya Guseva (Stanford 2014)
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Critics: Josh Whitford, Columbia University; José Ossandón, Copenhagen Business School; Nigel Dodd, LSE
Book Authors: Akos Rona-Tas, UC San Diego; Alya Guseva, Boston University
Session Organizer: José Ossandón, Copenhagen Business School


H-04
Autocracy, Corruption, the Economy, and the Return of State Capitalism 2
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Session Organizer: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London

Participants:
Semi-Peripheral Catch-up, State Capitalism and Global Governance
Xin Zhang, SAIAS East China Normal University
Big Business and State Capitalism with Russian Characteristics
Yuko Adachi, Sophia University
State Capitalism in Hard Times: Russia's Economic Crisis and the Kremlin's New National Champions
Masha Hedberg, EUI

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


H-05
The Micro Mechanisms of Business
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Anna Dempster, Sotheby's Institute of Art
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Is It Always Good to Follow the Mood? an Experimental Study on the Impact of Social Mood on Business Strategies.
Linda Alengoz, University of Brescia; Marco Castellani, University of Brescia; Flaminio Squazzoni, University of Brescia
Guanxi, Knowledge and High Risk Consumption: Cross-Border Antique Market in Greater China
Yu Ying Lee, Yuan Ze University
Toward an Economic Sociology of Online Hacker Communities
Meltem Odabas, University of Arizona, School of Sociology; Ronald Breiger, University of Arizona, School of Sociology; Thomas Holt, Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice

H-06
Authors Meet Critics: "Resilient Liberalism in Europe’s Political Economy" by Vivien Schmidt & Mark Thatcher (eds) (CUP 2013)
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Critics: Bruno Amable, Université Paris I Panthéon - Sorbonne; Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Mark Pennington, King's College London
Book Author: Vivien Schmidt, Boston University
Session Organizer: Mark Thatcher, LSE
Moderator: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London


H-07
Changing Corporate Governance. Theoretical and Organizational Antecedents and Consequences
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Natascha van der Zwan, Leiden University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Organizational Learning through Board Interlocks in Family Firms: Adoption of the Board Reform
Toru Yoshikawa, Singapore Management University; Jung Wook Shim, Kyoto Sangyo University
Rethinking Agency Theory As a Foundational MODEL for Designing Executive Compensation Mechanisms in Public Corporations
Alexander (Sandy) Pepper, London School of Economics
Corporate Governance Ideology: A Missing Part of the Puzzle
Andreas Jansson, Linnaeus University; Karin Jonnergard, Linnaeus University; Ulf Larsson-Olaison, Linnaeus University
Are We There Yet? Financialization and the Principal-Agent Problem
Saskia Freye, Ruhr University Bochum

H-08
Theory and Philosophy in Socio-Economics
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
How Might Corporate Charters be Amended to Enhance Investor Returns?
Shann Turnbull, Independent academic
The “Merton Classification” in Sociology of the Unintended and Unexpected: Review of an Unheld Debate
Adriana Mica, Institute of Applied Social Siences - University of Warsaw
Freedom and Uncertainty in a Complex Society: Why Karl Polanyi Was – Well, Should be – a Deweyan Pragmatist
Josh Whitford, Columbia University
Governance for Innovation-Driven Companies: The Legacy of Walther Rathenau on the German Model
Blanche Segrestin, MINES ParisTech

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


H-09
Managing Under Uncertainty
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Josh Whitford, Columbia University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
How Do Organizations and Individual Actors in Organizations Manage Uncertainty? Lessons from High Reliable Organizations
Konstanze Karoline Senge, Hamburg University; Simon Dombrowski, University of Hamburg
Managing Uncertain Reform through “Flexible Institution”: Electricity Sector Liberalization in France
Thomas Reverdy, PACTE
Foreign/Native Decision-Maker: Strategic Decisions Under Uncertainty and Organizational Performance
Jörg Zimmermann, Joint Research Centre - European Commission

H-10
The Diffusion of Shareholder Capitalism
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Ulf Larsson-Olaison, Linnaeus University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
An Empirical Analysis of Company Law Reforms in 30 Countries, 1970-2013 – Shareholder Protection As a Means to Stimulate Stock Markets?
Mathias Siems, Durham University
Varieties of Insider Capitalism: Liberal Reforms and Informal Institutions in France, Italy, and Spain
Fabio Bulfone, European University Institute
The Rise of Shareholder-Orientated Corporate Governance in Europe: Longitudinal Firm-Level Evidence
Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London
Shareholder Value Orientation: Grand Unified Business Theory or Window-Dressing?
Martin Holgersson, Linnaeus university; Anna Stafsudd, Linnaeus university

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


H-11
Alternative Arrangements with Corporate Governance Systems, and Their Impact
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Session Organizers: Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London; Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples
Moderator: Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London

Participants:
1. Explaining the Relationship Between Firm Performance and Corporate Governance of Dutch Non-Life Insurance Companies: Dutch Mutual and Commercial Insurance Companies Compared
Frank Jan De Graaf, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences; Sebastiaan Lambalk, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
2. Alternative Theories of Banking Corporate Governance in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: Lessons Learnt from the Case of the UK Co-Operative Bank
Tim Lewis, Birkbeck College, University of London
3. Alternatives within Corporate ‘Ownership'
Donald Nordberg, Bournemouth University; Dionysia Katelouzou, Kings College London
4. Corporate Responsibility and the Idea of the Firm
Laurence Cranmer, Birkbeck, University of London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics, Birkbeck College, University of London

H-12
Labour Relations in Times of Change and Flexibility
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Nick Krachler, Cornell University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
After the Social Crisis: The Transformation of Labour Relations and Work Organization at France Telecom
Virginia Doellgast, London School of Economics; Maxime Bellego, University of Aix-Marseille; Elisa Pannini, London School of Economics and Political Science
Engaging with Flexibility and Security at the Company-Level: A Comparative Institutional Analysis Between Italy and Denmark
Valentina Paolucci, IRRU, Warwick Business School
When Are You Getting a Real Job? the Acceptance of Self-Employment in Denmark and the Incapability of Danish Labour Market Institutions
Felix Behling, Maynooth University
The Impact of Labour Market Flexibilisation on the First Transition to Adult Life in Different Welfare States: Does Contractual Stability Matter?
Sonia Bertolini, University of Turin, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society; Dirk Hofaecker, University of Essen; Paola Torrioni, University of Turin

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


H-13
Alternatives within the Political and Legal System
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Mathias Siems, Durham University
Session Organizers: Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London; Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples
Moderator: Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples

Participants:
1. Re-Inventing Industrial Strategy: Insight from Elite Sport Systems
Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London; Marc Fovargue-Davies, Birkbeck, University of London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics
2. Fixing Finance: Comparative Approaches to Changing Firm Culture
John Conley, University of North Carolina School of Law; Cynthia Williams, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
3. Organizational Law and the Alternatives to Capitalist Firms in Liberal Market Economies
Francesca Gagliardi, University of Hertfordshire; David Gindis, University of Hertfordshire
4. Directors' Duties on the Eve of Insolvency: An Analysis of the Competing Liability of Directors Under Insolvency and Environmental Legislation Following the Northstar Aerospace Insolvency
Poonam Puri, York University

H-14
Institutional Voids and Dynamics
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
An Institutional Perspective on Firms' Efforts to Fulfill the Earnings Cult
Guilhem Bascle, Louvain School of Management, Catholic University of Louvain; Jiwook Jung, National University of Singapore
The Institutional Dynamics of Transnational Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Alexander Ebner, Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt
Obscure Forms of Corporate Governance in a German Non-Core Industry – a Historical and Comparative Institutionalist Analysis of the Retail Sector
Michael Wortmann, Berlin School of Economics and Law
The Economic Sociology of “Institutional Voids” – a Neofunctionalist View
Kathleen Yi Jia Low, WU Vienna; James Robins, WU Vienna

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


H-15
Alternatives within National Financial Systems: Innovation, Heterogeneity, Sustainability
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Luca Andriani, Birkbeck University of London
Session Organizers: Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London; Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples
Moderator: Donald Nordberg, Bournemouth University

Participants:
1. Alternatives within an Isomorphic Field: Theorizing and Measuring Heterogeneity in Italian Banking, 1994-2012
Olivier Butzbach, Second University of Naples; Elvira Romano, Second University of Naples
2. Alternatives Cubed: Alternative Currencies, Payment Systems and Finance Providers
David Bholat, Bank of England
3. Adaptability of the Grameen Model in the Context of the UK
Asif Aftab Kalam, Birkbeck, University of London
4. Balancing Trust and Control Mechanisms in Building Effective Client Relationships: A Case-Study of an Indian Microfinance Institution
Viresh Amin, Birkbeck, University of London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics

H-16
The Emergence of New Markets
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Emily Erikson, Yale University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
The Taming of Pants: Sorting As Production of Docile Objects in the Secondhand Clothing Market
Emma Greeson, University of California San Diego
Trust and Power: Supply Chain Organization and Patterns of Competition in the French, Italian, and German Quality Wine Markets
Betsy Carter, University of California Irvine
Open to Competition? the Role of Competitive Intensity in the Legitimization of Young, Innovative Ventures
D. Hugh Whittaker, University of Oxford; Benjamin P. Fath, University of Auckland Business School; Antje Fiedler, The University of Auckland
Is Machiavelli Relevant to the Contemporary Art World?
Anna Dempster, Sotheby's Institute of Art

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


H-17
Varieties of Capitalism in a Changing World
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Laure-Emmanuelle Leguy, Warwick Business School
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
The Politics of Corporate Accountability and Upward Regulatory Harmonization: The Case of the EU Non-Financial Disclosure Directive
Daniel Kinderman, University of Delaware
Are Large, Globally Operating MNCs Undermining the Distinctiveness of Coordinated Market Economies? the Cases of Germany and Japan.
Christel Lane, University of Cambridge
The Role of Financialized Loss-Making Companies of a Science-Based Industry in the Hybridization of Capitalisms: The Case of the Biotech Industry in France Versus the UK
Pauline Gleadle, University of Westminster; Matthieu Montalban, university of bordeaux
The Meaning of Ordoliberalism: Strengths and Weaknesses in the Light of the Varieties of Capitalism Approach
Lothar Funk, University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf

H-18
The Political Dynamics of Capitalism
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Richard Deeg, Temple University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Law and Finance in Emerging Economies: The Case of Germany 1800-1913
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, London School of Economics
Politics of Institutional Change, Network Formation and the Dynamics of Government-Business Relations in Two Turkish Cities
Osman Savaskan, Marmara University/ Turkey
When the Cohesion Policy Is Effective. Analysis of the Relationship Between Policies and Cooperative Entrepreneurial Action
Fiorella Vinci, Università degli Studi eCampus
Challengers, Incumbents, and the Political Dynamics of Capitalist Development: Feedback Effects of Market-Enabling and Market-Restraining Rules Compared
Helen Callaghan, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

H-19
Supplier and Service Relatioships in Changing Capitalist Economies
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Jung Wook Shim, Kyoto Sangyo University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Who Owns Client-Professional Relationships-the Merging Firm or the Merged Firm?: Post-Merger Integration through Client Sharing Between Audit Firms
Masaru Karube, Hitotsubashi University; Hironori Fukukawa, Hitotsubashi University; Israel Drori, College of management Academic Studies
Interdependent Behavior in Plant Location Choice: Japanese Auto-Parts Firms' Entry in China
Hideyuki Takenouchi, Sophia University; Yasuhiro Saito, Obirin Univeristy; Ichiro Takahashi, Jissen Women's university
Relational Structure of Global Automotive Industry: Groups, Networks and Fields
Mario Sacomano Neto, Federal University of Sao Carlos - UFSCar; Paulo Cesar Matui, Federal University os São Carlos; Silvio Eduardo Alvarez Candido, Federal University of Sao Carlos - UFSCar; Roniberto Morato do Amaral, Federal University os São Carlos
Surviving the “Ghosn Shock”: The Effect of Institutional Logics on Buyer-Supplier Tie Dissolution and Creation in the Japanese Automotive Industry, 1984-2005
Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University; Daisuke Uchida, Hitotsubashi University

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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H-20
Institutional Logics and Discourse
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Blending in the Iron Cage: The Integration of Social and Economic Discourse in U.S. Firms, 1960-2010
Christof Brandtner, Stanford University; Patricia Bromley, University of Utah
New Organizational Forms and the Development of Economics
Emily Erikson, Yale University
Institutional Logics in International Banking and the Rise of Chinese Banks
W. Travis Selmier, Indiana University
Measuring the Public Antecedents of Institutional Change: Quantifying Issue Salience and Tone of Public Discourse through Content Analysis
Philipp Kern, King's College London

H-21
Defining Patient Capital
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Michel Goyer, University of Birmingham
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
What Is Patient Capital and Where Does It Exist? the Significance of Much Neglected Competition Regulation
Caner Bakir, Koc University
What Is Patient Capital and Who Supplies It?
Richard Deeg, Temple University; Iain Hardie, University of Edinburgh
What Is ‘Patient Capital' for Financial and Non-Financial Actors?
Tristan Auvray, University of Paris 13; Thomas Dallery, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale - CLERSE; Sandra Rigot, university Paris North

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


H-22
Corporate Social Responsibility
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Mikolaj Lewicki, University of Warsaw
Session Organizers: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London; Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University

Participants:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Inequality in the 20th and 21st Century
Daniel Kinderman, University of Delaware
Green from the inside? a Comparative Study on the Relationship Between Corporate Governance Institutions and Corporations' Environmental Behavior
Julia Rahel Bartosch, Freie Universität Berlin - Department of Management
The Global Diffusion of a Neoliberal Strategy: Early Adoptions of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility' in Venezuela, the Philippines, and the UK, 1950-1981
Rami Kaplan, Free University of Berlin

H-23
Varieties of Capitalism: Limitations and Extensions
H: Markets, Firms and Institutions

Discussant: Christina Ahmadjian, Hitotsubashi University
Session Organizer: Gerhard Schnyder, King's College London

Participants:
The False Dichotomy in the Comparative Political Economy of Finance: Why Is Bank-Based and Capital Market-Based Dichotomous Framing Flawed?
Caner Bakir, Koc University
Comprehending French Capitalism: Yet Another Archetype or a Manifestation of an Existing Model – the Present State of the Art and Future Directions
Laure-Emmanuelle Leguy, Warwick Business School
Conceptualizing Capitalism and the Confusing Variety of Capitalisms
Klaus Nielsen, Birkbeck, University of London