Paraskevopoulou, EvitaUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía de la Empresa2011-05-032011-05-032011-04https://hdl.handle.net/10016/10963The focal point of this paper is the study of the process of emergence of novel institutions and the identification of factors that may influence the outcome of this process. We view inst accepted sets of rules that influence We consider regulations as endogenously emerging institutions that evolve in accordance to other socioeconomic factors and analyze the regulatory process at each of its stages adopting an evolutionary approach. Evidence shows that the regulatory process resembles the innovation process as it can be viewed as a process of knowledge accumulation and transmission that is facilitate empirically contextualized in the European political system, the detergents industry and specific regulations formed at European level. Data is drawn by secondary resour of public and private stakeholders participating in the processapplication/pdfspaAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaEvolutionary theoryInstitutionsRegulationPolicyworking paperK20L50L65O25O43Empresaopen accessDT/0000000923wb111305