Editorial

Abstract

The first article in this edition, “Towards micro-foundations of institutional change: lessons from Douglass C. North’s sociocognitive turn” is by Kyle Bruce (Macquarie University, Australia) and Peter von Staden (Kedge Business School, France). In this article, Bruce and von Staden examine the original theoretical underpinnings of the “New Institutionalism” that is now so prominent in sociology, management studies and organisational studies. What Bruce and von Staden find puzzling among the “New Institutionalists” is that they have never shown much interest in the work of the founding figure in new institutional economics, the Nobel LaureateDouglass North. Bruce and von Staden note that this omission is particularly pronounced in articles by “New Institutionalists” in this journal.