The Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework is a conceptual toolbox put forward by Elinor Ostrom colleagues in an effort to identify delineate the universal common variables that structure immense variety of human interactions. identifies rules as one core concepts determine interactions, acknowledges their potential steer community towards more beneficial socially desirable outc...

We propose a logical framework to represent and reason about some important aspects of a theory of institutional action: (1) the distinctions between physical facts and actions and institutional facts and actions; (2) the distinction between causality and ‘counts-as’; (3) the notion of institutional power. Technically, our contribution consists in extending a dynamic logic of propositional assi...

This paper investigates conceptually the institutional change process and innovation underpinning the knowledge-based regional development from the point of view of institutional entrepreneurship. The main aim is to raise institutional entrepreneurship among the debated concepts in regional development studies. The paper sets out to discuss the following question: What kind of conceptual framew...

Drawing on the boundary theory (Nippert-Eng, 1996a) and the concept of institutional framework according to Piszczek and Berg (2014), we explore in this paper the link between institutional settings and boundary management practices in the case of selfemployed German lawyers. Qualitative empirical results on the basis of 12 interviews reveal that the institutional context in case of self-employ...

Institutional theories have been adopted to explain and predict the process of Information Systems (IS) innovation in organisations. However, most institutional-centred frameworks overlook the significance of external economic efficiency and internal organisational capability when organisations consider strategic responses to institutional conformity pressure. Focusing on the diffusion of IS se...

This article uses a case study of selective drug law enforcement in Cleveland, Ohio, to explore the contours of institutional racism in criminal justice policy and practice. Using the multilevel theoretical framework developed by Ian Haney López (2000) that highlights the processes underlying how institutional racism is manifested, I analyze how and why racially discriminatory arrest and chargi...

this study aimed at identifying and analyzing issues and challenges on the agricultural research and technology development under the national innovation framework. the survey consisted of two groups: agricultural researchers of agriculture-research and education organization and all faculty members of public agricultural faculties of ministry of scientific, research and technology. using cochr...