ABSTRACT
This chapter formulates a conceptual framework to analyse practices across the subsidiaries of a Japanese MNC. The structure of this chapter is divided into two sections. First, the recent development of institutional logics is reviewed. Second, logics that are expected to be enacted within a Japanese MNC are reviewed. In the concluding section, the conceptual framework is summarised. The constellations of logics are adopted with the emphasis on the geographical locations in which practices are conducted. This also shows another ‘cultural space’ where logics can be in play differently from those that are argued by institutionalists (Thornton et al., 2012). Therefore, logics defined through analyses focused on Western society may not work well in other regions.
