Manning, Stephan and von Hagen, Oliver (2010) Linking local experiments to global standards: how project networks promote global institution-building. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 26 (4). pp. 398-416. ISSN 0956-5221

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Abstract

Global regulations, such as social and environmental standards, often result from project-based multi-stakeholder initiatives. Many initiatives fail because key stakeholders cannot be mobilized, or partners are incapable of establishing common ground. We show that local development projects aimed at testing and implementing new practices at the local level and strategically coordinated project networks linking local projects and project partners together across national boundaries can facilitate global institution-building. Based on a longitudinal case study of the emergence of the Common Code for the Coffee Community, we develop a process model of global standard development and discuss in particular the importance of global project networks as intermediary organizational forms. We inform research on global standard development and institution-building, and project-based learning and coordination across national boundaries.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Global standards, global institution-building, project networks, multi-stakeholder process, institutional entrepreneurship, development projects
Schools and Departments:	University of Sussex Business School > Business and Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Depositing User:	Stephan Manning
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2019 18:13
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2020 10:45
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/86270

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