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*JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS CALL FOR PAPERS* *Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Co-evolution in International Business* While the strategic importance of institutions to firms’ performance is well recognised in IB, the nexus between institutions and agency (i.e., purposeful action by entrepreneurial individuals, groups or organisations) remains under-developed. Early perspectives in neo-institutional theory emphasised the power of institutions to determine patterns of action and organisation, thereby explaining the convergence of MNEs and managerial practices within the same institutional environment. Institutions, however, do not only constrain, but also are outcomes of human agency. Organisational actors (individuals, firms, coalitions, etc.,) are not only bound by institutions, but also enact and reconstruct them. Indeed, ‘institutional work’ and the role that organisations and individuals play in institutional creation, maintenance and change has come to the fore in academic debates, albeit primarily outside IB. The aim of this JWB special issue is to encourage in IB this emerging and more nuanced view of the nexus between agency and institutions, and to stimulate research that promotes new theory and empirical, public policy and practitioner insights on the relationship between institutions (residing at various levels of analysis) and agency in IB. * * *Please see the full call at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-world-business/call-for-papers/institutions-entrepreneurship-and-co-evolution/ * *Deadline: 6 October 2013* *Inquiries: * [log in to unmask]** -- *Sara McGaughey, PhD* Professor and Higher Degree Research Convenor Department of International Business and Asian Studies Griffith Business School Building (N16), Room 1.70, Nathan campus, Griffith University 170 Kessels Road, Nathan QLD 4111, Australia Phone: +61 7 3735 4889 | Fax: +61 7 3735 5111 Email: [log in to unmask] Web Page of Professor McGaughey<http://www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/griffith-business-school/departments/department-international-business-asian-studies/staff/professor-sara-mcgaughey> ** ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.