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Bandwagoning municipal enterprises: Institutional isomorphism and the search for the Third Way
Tekijät: Tomi J. Kallio, Päivikki Kuoppakangas
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Julkaisuvuosi: 2011
Sarjan nimi: Conference papers
Verkko-osoite: https://www.anzam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/472_ANZAM2011-145.pdf
Tiivistelmä
During the last decade, the number of municipal enterprises in Finland has almost tripled.
This paper attempts to understand the phenomenon related to the recent mushrooming of
municipal enterprises. This is done by three empirical case analyses of university hospital
laboratories. In two of the three case organizations, there is very little indication that any
strategy or other rational reasoning would explain the adoption of municipal enterprise form.
This paper suggests that institutional isomorphism plays an essential role in the adoption of
the municipal enterprise form. Moreover, there are signs that the search for the ‘Third way’
of some local politicians, especially in the case of some early mover organizations, like the
third case organization of this study, might have triggered the development which has led to
the bandwagon effect.
During the last decade, the number of municipal enterprises in Finland has almost tripled.
This paper attempts to understand the phenomenon related to the recent mushrooming of
municipal enterprises. This is done by three empirical case analyses of university hospital
laboratories. In two of the three case organizations, there is very little indication that any
strategy or other rational reasoning would explain the adoption of municipal enterprise form.
This paper suggests that institutional isomorphism plays an essential role in the adoption of
the municipal enterprise form. Moreover, there are signs that the search for the ‘Third way’
of some local politicians, especially in the case of some early mover organizations, like the
third case organization of this study, might have triggered the development which has led to
the bandwagon effect.
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