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Institutional Ambiguity

Institutional Ambiguity is a theoretical construct in political science that denotes the condition in semi-presidential systems where constitutional roles and powers of executive actors are unclearly delineated, leading to uncertainty about authority and accountability in governance.

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2017–2026

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Explaining Institutional Change: Ambiguity, Agency and Power

Alicia Gómez · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) · 2014 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Accounting, ambiguity, and the new institutionalism

Bruce G. Carruthers · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1995 · 530 citations

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Multiple streams in EU policy-making: the case of the 2005 sugar reform

Robert Ackrill, Adrian Kay · Journal of European Public Policy · 2010 · 264 citations

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Institutional Uncertainty and Taxpayer Compliance

James Alm, Betty R. Jackson, Michael McKee · American Economic Review · 1992 · 260 citations

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Perceived Institutional Ambiguity and the Choice of Organizational Form in Social Entrepreneurial Ventures

David M. Townsend, Timothy A. Hart · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2008 · 248 citations

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Authors

93

  1. AR
    Antonios Roumpakis

    University of York, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  2. SB
    Susana Borrás

    Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

    2 publications · 231 citations

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  3. JB
    Jacqueline Best

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    2 publications · 215 citations

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  4. NS
    Nora Stel

    Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  5. PB
    Pia Bäcklund

    Tampere University, Finland

    2 publications · 260 citations

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Institutions

82

  1. Tampere University

    Tampere, Finland

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    328 citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  3. Digital Catapult

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    463 citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    304 citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  7. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    396 citations

  8. North-West State Technical University

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    231 citations

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  1. Journal of European Public Policy

    JEPP · 2 publications · 463 citations

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  2. Journal of Public Policy

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. New Political Economy

    2 publications · 237 citations

    2

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  4. West European Politics

    WEP · 2 publications · 90 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 28 citations

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