Knowledge and institutions / Edited by Johannes Glückler, Roy Suddaby, Regina Lenz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the spatiality of institutions and knowledge -- Part I. Challenges in institutional research -- The shared challenges of institutional theories: rational choice, historical institutionalism, and sociological institutionalism -- Organizational fields as mnemonic communities -- Economics of convention and its perspective on knowledge and institutions -- Part II. Institutional dynamics between continuity and change --Gastronomic societies in the Basque Country -- Drift and morphosis in institutional change: evidence from the 'Walz' and public tendering in Germany -- Innovation under a protected label of origin: institutional change in Cognac -- The art of reconstructing a shared responsibility: institutional work of a transnational commons -- Know thy place: location and imagined communities in institutional field dynamics -- Part III. The impact of institutions on regional learning and development -- Regional innovation transitions -- Institutions and the thirst for 'prestige' transport infrastructure -- Globalization and institutional change in Italian industrial districts -- Studying entrepreneurship as an institution -- The Klaus Tschira Stiftung.

This open access book bridges the disciplinary boundaries within the social sciences to explore the role of social institutions in shaping geographical contexts, and in creating new knowledge. It includes theorizations as well as original empirical case studies on the emergence, maintenance and change of institutions as well as on their constraining and enabling effects on innovation, entrepreneurship, art and cultural heritage, often at regional scales across Europe and North America. Rooted in the disciplines of management and organization studies, sociology, geography, political science, and economics the contributors all take comprehensive approaches to carve out the specific contextuality of institutions as well as their impact on societal outcomes. Not only does this book offer detailed insights into current debates in institutional theory, it also provides background for scholars, students, and professionals at the intersection between regional development, policy-making, and regulation.