The academic study of institutions provides important insights into complex problems, but is often criticized for lacking practical relevance. Institutional theorists gathered at Harvard Business ...

Acknowledging the value of standard-setting, the Clinton administration originally made "industry self-regulation" the guiding principle for standardizing the Internet. The succeeding administration ...

This article observes two examples of attempted institutional design in Malawi’s central region, Kasungu. In both cases external development actors enter local communities, and establish ...