In the past two decades, convention theory has been applied in various branches of agro-
food studies, providing analytical and theoretical insight for examining alternative food …

Starting from the assumption that decision situations in economic contexts are characterized
by fundamental uncertainty, this article argues that the decision-making of intentionally …

Institutions are the kinds of structures that matter most in the social realm: they make up the
stuff of social life. The increasing acknowledgement of the role of institutions in social life …

kurrierenden Märkten betrachtet werden, wobei sich beide Perspektiven wechselseitig
bedingen und erforderlich sind.(a) Die internen Dynamiken von Märkten beschreibt White …

Convention theory helps refine our understanding of the governance of global value chains
through its analysis of 'quality'. In this article, it is argued that global value chains are …

This introductory paper to the special issue on governing global value chains (GVCs)
focuses on the concept of governance as the dimension of GVCs that has received the most …

This article analyzes the role in the credit crisis of the processes by which market
participants produce knowledge about financial instruments. Employing documentary …

The expressions “sustainable development” and “sustainability”, which constitute the moving
horizon of my research perspective, acquired a widespread popularity across the world …

La méthode «structurale» ider à reconnaître les propriétés structurales des ensembles
sociaux est une des contributions de la sociologie. Pour ce faire, la méthode dite …

Standardization has been extended far beyond the industrial world. It participates in
governing our lives and the lives of all living entities by producing public guarantees in the …