Summary of JOIE article (22 April 2025) by Geoffrey M. Hodgson International Management, Loughborough University London, London, UK. The full article is available on the JOIE website. Prominent scholars have complained of confusion in the literature over what transactions are, and how their costs are measured. This two-part article explores this topic and suggests an alternative…
Month: April 2025
Toward polycentric federalism: Assessing federal institutional design in multiethnic African states
Summary of JOIE Article by Kaleb Demerew West Texas A&M University, USA, Samson Faboye, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Sampson Edodi, University of Abuja, Nigeria. The full article is available on the JOIE website. Federalism has long been proposed as a governance solution for multiethnic African states struggling with identity-based conflict. Yet, despite constitutional…
Inclusive national innovation systems: rethinking institutions in the light of inclusion imperatives
Summary of JOIE article (25 February 2025) by Vanessa Casadella and Sofiane Tahi, LEFMI Lab., Picardie Jules Verne University, Amiens, France. The full article is available on the JOIE website. Since the 1990s, national innovation systems (NIS) have been the focus of a large body of literature highlighting the institutional performance of economies and the…