World society and the proliferation of formal organization / John W. Meyer, Gili S. Drori, and Hokyu Hwang -- Global scientization : an environment for expanded organization / Gili S. Drori and John W. Meyer -- Planning development : globalization and the shifting locus of planning / Hokyu hwang -- Governed by governance : the new prism for organizational change / Gili S. Drori -- The worldwide diffusion of business education, 1881-1999 : historical trajectory and mechanisms of expansion / Hyeyoung Moon and Christine Min Wotipka -- The making and expansion of international management standards : the global diffusion of ISO 9000 quality management certificates / Peter Mendel -- Transparent accounting as a world societal rule / Yong Suk Jang -- Dynamics of corporate responsibility / Suzanne Shanahan and Sanjeev Khagram -- The spread of a human resources culture : institutional individualism and the rise of personal development training / Xiaowei Luo -- Turning the university into an organizational actor / Georg Krcken and Frank Meier.