Managerial and Entrepreneurial Responses to Emerging Market Institutions: Problematizing Review

Abstract

The extant research highlights the importance of understanding the micro-level mechanisms for the development of firm-level international business theories. One of them is institution-based view on strategy in emerging markets that highlights the importance of institutional factors for local actors' decision-making. It attracted significant attention of international business scholars, and it is timely to assess existing body of knowledge about how and why managers and entrepreneur respond to institutional forces. I argue that in this context, a better understanding of microfoundations of these responses is extremely useful for unveiling the complexity associated with institutional influence on emerging market firms' strategy. I undertake a problematizing review to critically examine the current state of research in this field. In doing this, I shed light on the role of managers and entrepreneurs from different national, generational and social backgrounds in shaping institution-based strategies and inform the talent management research about the capabilities and strategies that EM managers and entrepreneurs mobilize to address institutional pressures.

Citation

Mihailova, I. (2022), "Managerial and Entrepreneurial Responses to Emerging Market Institutions: Problematizing Review", Latukha, M. (Ed.) Diversity in Action, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 71-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-226-420221005