Institutional design for complex technological systems

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-257

  Koppenjan, Joop ^a   Groenewegen, John ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Economics of Infrastructures ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collective action; Institutional arrangements; Institutional design; Institutions; Multiactor systems; Problem; Strategic uncertainty; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

BUILDING BLOCKS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; PROCESS DESIGN; TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 31544480607     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2005.008406     Document Type: Review

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