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When social movements close institutional voids: Triggers, processes, and consequences for multinational enterprises

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  • Lutz Preuss
  • Diego Vazquez-Brust

    (Portsmouth Business School [Portsmouth], UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina = Federal University of Santa Catarina [Florianópolis])

  • Natalia Yakovleva

    (Kedge BS - Kedge Business School)

  • Hamid Foroughi
  • Diana Mutti

Abstract

Our research builds on existing literature examining institutional voids in emerging economies. Using data from two cases of mining FDI in Argentina, we conceptualize the triggers, processes and consequences of informal institution-building by a social movement. We found the cases to exhibit different ‘community sustainability orientations', enabling two contrasting strategies, ‘bargaining' and ‘gatekeeping', to address the existing institutional void. This led to the development of new formal institutions – regulated CSR for the former and legal ban on mining operations for the latter case. Our study thus offers insights into the processes through which institutional entrepreneurship by social movements influences MNEs.

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  • Lutz Preuss & Diego Vazquez-Brust & Natalia Yakovleva & Hamid Foroughi & Diana Mutti, 2022. "When social movements close institutional voids: Triggers, processes, and consequences for multinational enterprises," Post-Print hal-04702917, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04702917
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101283
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