Researchers | Time | Approach | Results of Empirical Studies |
Sheng Qi, & Tai Song | 2010 | Independent variable: new institutionalism (regulation, norms, cognition) Dependent variable: corporate social responsibility | The effect of regulation is equal to cognition. The effect of norms is weaker than that of the former two. |
Bin Li et al. | 2011 | The effect of norms is the greatest, cognition ranks second, while the effect of regulation is the not obvious. | |
Zhen Feng | 2014 | There is obvious effect of regulation and norms while the effect of cognition is not obvious. | |
Jianjun Zhang | 2011 | Independent variable: new/old institutionalism Dependent variable: charity | The new institutionalism exerts influence on initial response, and the old institutionalism exerts influence on subsequent reaction. |