Making sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance

Nelson, Richard R.; Sampat, Bhaven N.

doi:10.1016/s0167-2681(00)00152-9

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“…Institutions include the moral, ethical, and behavioral norms of a society so as such they matter for growth and development (Nelson and Sampat 2001).…”

Section: Theoretical Review Of Institutions Versus Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship Between Inflation and Real Economic Growth in Rwanda

Nkikabahizi

Ndagijimana

Musabanganji

2017

Frontiers in African Business Research

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“…Institutions include the moral, ethical, and behavioral norms of a society so as such they matter for growth and development (Nelson and Sampat 2001).…”

Section: Theoretical Review Of Institutions Versus Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship Between Inflation and Real Economic Growth in Rwanda

Nkikabahizi

Ndagijimana

Musabanganji

2017

Frontiers in African Business Research

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“…There are often references to the way 'social technologies' come to be accepted as standard patterns of interaction, that is, as institutions that 'come to be regarded by the relevant social group as standard in a context' (Nelson and Sampat, 2001: 39-40). These patterns are understood to influence how people act and interact, especially where 'the effective coordination of interaction is key to accomplishment' of outcomes (Nelson and Sampat, 2001: 39-40). Insofar as effective coordination, in contrast to competition, requires attention to asymmetrical power relations, this tradition acknowledges that what may be perceived as a 'successful' or as a 'failed' technological innovation needs to be understood from the perspectives of the specific actors who are involved.…”

Section: Prevailing and Countervailing Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empowerment and/or Disempowerment: The Politics of Digital Media

Mansell

2014

Popular Communication

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This paper examines prevailing institutional norms that are visible in international policy discourse concerning the goals of investing in digital technologies. An analysis of policy discourse associated with the World Summit on the Information Society shows how, despite the use of terms such as 'open' and 'participatory', the practice of ICT project implementation displays evidence of failures to empower local people. The discussion is framed by the lessons about asymmetrical institutionalized power from theories concerned with the dynamics of techno-economic change as contrasted with the prevailing marketled technology diffusion perspective. The context for the paper is the experience of contributing to a high-level policy report for UNESCO's 2013 review of progress towards knowledge societies. Examples drawn from digital technology applications are used to illustrate the asymmetrical power relations embedded in these developments.

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“…Nelson and Sampat (2001) use this term to refer to "a collection of procedures which, taken together, result in a predictable and specifiable outcome" (Nelson and Sampat (2001), p. 42). Given a specific objective and context, routines focus on specific choices and conditions that have to be served or fulfilled.…”

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“…Referring to Nelson and Sampat (2001), technological routines are primarily oriented towards the optimisation of scale and scope of production facilities. Given a certain technology, the profit-optimising operation of an installation or a firm is determined and translated into specific routines of operation.…”

Section: Technological Routinesmentioning

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Institutional reform and technological practice: the case of electricity

Künneke¹

2008

Industrial and Corporate Change

105

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SummaryThis paper proposes a framework for categorising possible interrelations between technological and institutional change and applies this framework to the case of the restructuring of the electricity sector. It is argued that there is a need for coherence between institutions and technological practice, so as to safeguard the satisfactory functioning of electricity infrastructure. The identification of possible incoherences between institutions and technological practice allows for a better understanding of the potential drivers for change and the evolutionary processes of which they may be part. This paper attempts to elaborate the nature of this co-evolution in somewhat more detail, using specific levels of analysis that are exemplified in a four-level model. In the case of the restructuring of the electricity sector, the institutional framework has changed from a public utility-oriented, towards a market-oriented system. However, the technological practice remained unchanged: a system-oriented approach that relies on centralised planning, control and operation. This discrepancy between institutions and technological practice leads to significant frictions in the functioning of the electricity sector, but it also offers opportunities for innovation. In order to make liberalisation a success, it might be necessary to stimulate certain technical developments (i.e distributed generation and intelligent networks).

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Making sense of institutions as a factor shaping economic performance

Cited by 530 publications

References 29 publications

Relationship Between Inflation and Real Economic Growth in Rwanda

Relationship Between Inflation and Real Economic Growth in Rwanda

Empowerment and/or Disempowerment: The Politics of Digital Media

Institutional reform and technological practice: the case of electricity

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