WINIR 2025 - Programme
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Updated 12 September 2025.
Tuesday 9 September – WINIR Young Scholars Pre-Conference Workshop (RB116)
11:00-11:15 Welcome
11:15-12:25 WYS session 1
12:25-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:15 WYS session 2
15:15-15:30 Closing Remarks
Coffee & Networking
Wednesday 10 September
10:00-12:00 Registration (Atrium)
12:00-12:40 Light lunch (Atrium)
12:40-13:00 Welcome (RB101)
13:00-14:15 Keynote Magnus Henrekson (RB101)
14:15-14:45 Break
14:45-16:15 Parallel sessions 1
16:15-16:45 Break
16:45-18:45 Parallel sessions 2
Thursday 11 September
09:30-11:00 Parallel sessions 3
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Parallel sessions 4
13:00-14:15 Lunch (Atrium)
14:15-15:30 Keynote Erik Stam (RB101)
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-18:00 Parallel sessions 5
Friday 12 September
09:00-11:00 Parallel sessions 6
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Parallel sessions 7
13:00-14:00 Lunch (Atrium)
14:00-15:15 Keynote Maria Minniti (RB101)
15:15-15:45 Break
15:45-17:45 Membership meeting (RB101)
19:30-22:30 Dinner* @ Letenský Zámeček (Click here for directions from VŠE)
Saturday 13 September (by pre-arrangement only)
10:00-12:00 Optional Guided Walking Tour of Prague
16:00-18:00 Optional Vltava River Cruise
For details on the tour meeting points click here
* The 2025 Elinor Ostrom Prize and the Reviewer of the Year Award will be announced during the conference dinner.
Wednesday 10 September
13:00–14:15 Keynote lecture 1
Magnus Henrekson (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden), “Top-down vs Bottom-up Entrepreneurship Policy”
Chair: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Room: RB101
14:45–16:15 Parallel sessions 1
S1.1 From Local Action to Institutional Theory: Pathways to Inclusive Governance
Chair: Sara Lorenzini (University of Trento, Italy)
Venue: RB103
Pavel Kuchař* (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)“Self and Autonomy: Liberalism as the Highest Form of Generosity.”
Caio Correa Costa* (Federal University Of Santa Catarina, Brazil), Eduardo Guedes Villar (Federal Institute Of Santa Catarina, Brazil), Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda (Federal University Of Santa Catarina, Brazil) & Andre Luis Da Silva Leite (Federal University Of Santa Catarina, Brazil) “Interweaving the Open Strategy Approach and Acemoglu’s Institutional Approach to Foster Inclusive and Transparent Institutions: A Cross-Fertilization Proposal.”
Sara Lorenzini* (University of Trento, Italy) “Multi-Stakeholder Coalitions, Subjective Games, and New Prospects for Cooperation and New Institutional Arrangements in the Great Bear Rainforest.”
S1.2 Driving Public Sector Innovation: Comparative Insights from Governance and Procurement
Chair: Smaranda Pantea (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Venue: RB105
Mohamad Ichsana Nur* (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) “Politics in Public Sector Innovation: How Political Leadership can Uphold the Implementation of Public Service Mall in Indonesia.”
Matea Cvjetkovic* (Institute of Public Finance, Croatia), Jasmina Masovic (Institute of Public Finance, Croatia) & Zoran Bubas (Institute of Public Finance, Croatia) “Enhancing Public Sector Innovation: A Nationwide Study of Croatia.”
Smaranda Pantea* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Nadzeya Laurenstyeva (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “The Effects of Winning Public Tenders on Firm Growth: Evidence from the IT Sector in the Czech Republic.“
S1.3 Finance, Power, and Institutions: Global Perspectives on Regulation and Financialization
Chair: Jiri Nohejl (George Mason University, United States)
Venue: RB112
Faruk Ulgen* (Université Grenoble Alpes, France) “Nemo Judex in Causa Sua: Regulation and Financial Stability as a Public Good.”
Chen Li* (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China), Muyang Chen (Peking University, China), Kang Liu (ICBC, China) & Chunzi Miao* (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) “Financialized State Developmentalism: Public Banking, Industrial Policy and Financial Market-Craft in China.”
Jiri Nohejl* (George Mason University, United States) “Currency Competition, International Institutions and Network Topology.”
16:45–18:45 Parallel sessions 2
S2.1 Institutions and Culture I
Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Annemiek Schilpzand (University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands)
Venue: RB103
Christian Bjørnskov* (Aarhus University and IFN, Denmark) & Niclas Berggren* (Prague University of Economics and Business and IFN, Sweden) “Human Freedom and Congruent Values.”
Stefan Voigt* (University of Hamburg, Germany), Mahdi Khesali (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Nadia von Jacobi* (University of Trento, Italy) “Explaining the Change of Fundamental Values and Norms.”
Katarzyna Metelska Szaniawska* (University of Warsaw, Poland), Anna Lewczuk (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Tymoteusz Metrak (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Economic Consequences of Respecting and Violating Constitutions Revisited Using a New Set of Indicators.”
Annemiek Schilpzand* (University of Humanistic Studies, Netherlands) & Johan Graafland* (University of Tilburg, Netherlands) “How Income and National Culture Moderate the Relationship between Happiness and Income Inequality: A Cross-Country Analysis”
S2.2 Institutions, Knowledge, and the Political Economy of Emerging Technologies
Chair: Domagoj Racic (Knowledge Network, Croatia)
Venue: RB104
Max Fang* (Indiana University Bloomington, United States) “The Tragedy of the AI Data Commons: Legal Constraints and the Economics of AI Innovation.”
Simon Sun* (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taiwan) & Max Fang* (Indiana University Bloomington, United States) “Governing Public AI As Global Infrastructure”
Pradeep Chellappan* (Flame University Pune India, India) & Yugank Goyal (Flame University Pune India, India) “Tacit Knowledge and Adoption of ICT-based Public Policies.”
Domagoj Racic* (Knowledge Network, Croatia) “The Political Economy of Knowledge: Between Knowledge Economy and Cognitive Capital.“
S2.3 Governance, Ownership, and Corporate Institutions
Chair: Andrea Sáenz de Viteri (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Venue: RB112
David Beech* (University of Salford, United Kingdom) “Transforming Corporate Governance: Balancing Private and Public Law in Entrepreneurial Executive Leadership Direction and Institutional Leadership Regulatory Control Of Corporate Enterprise.”
Guilherme Fowler A. Monteiro* (Insper, Brazil) & Bruno Varella Miranda* (Insper, Brazil) “Institutional Constraints on Ownership: Evidence from Private Equity in Brazil.”
Chunzi Miao* (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) & Li Chen* (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) “Navigating Geopolitical Pressures: Huawei’s Strategic Adaptation and the Dynamic State-Business Nexus in China.”
Andrea Sáenz de Viteri* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Julieta Sammartino (University of Navarra, Spain) “Populism, Currency Overvaluation, and the Role of Institutions: Evidence from Latin America.“
S2.4 Institutions and Innovation in Agriculture: Bridging Policy, Technology, and Practice
Chair: Jan Falkowski (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Venue: RB113
Eliana Lins Morandi* (University of Bonn, Germany), Paula Sarita Bigio Schnaider Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) & Wiltrud Terlau (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany) “The Role of Institutional Arrangements for Technical Assistance Services Supporting Urban Agriculture: Evidence from the Largest Latin American Metropolis.”
Akshay Deshmukh* (Institute for Social and Economic Change, India) “Determinants and Price Realization in the Grape Value Chain in Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) in India: A New Institutional Perspective.”
Frank van Rijnsoever* (Utrecht University, Netherlands) & Robert McDonald (Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, Netherlands) “The Moderating Effect of the Incumbent Agrifood Regime on Productive Entrepreneurship within Entrepreneurial Ecosystems.”
Jan Falkowski* (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Karol Degórski (University of Warsaw, Poland) “But Don’t Play with Me ‘Cause You’re Playing with a Farmer – Electoral Consequences of Animal Welfare Proposals.”
Thursday 11 September
09:30–11:00 Parallel sessions 3
S3.1 Business Firms at a Crossroads: Rethinking Governance, Power, and Responsibility
Convenor: Tanweer Ali (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Christina Sautter (Southern Methodist University, United States)
Venue: RB103
Tanweer Ali* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “A Historical Perspective: The Corporate Governance Discourse and the Rise of Shareholder Value.”
Blanche Segrestin* (MINES ParisTech, France) “Corporate Governance Beyond Control: Insights from New Legal Corporate Forms.”
Carliss N. Chatman (Southern Methodist University, United States) & Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci* (Hofstra University, United States) “Total Governance Through Activism”
Christina Sautter* (Southern Methodist University, United States) “Corporate Disenfranchisement.”
S3.2 Designing Institutions for Collective Action: Ostromian Insights Across Sectors and Systems
Chair: Arezoo Mirzaei (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Venue: RB104
Nathan Cook* (Indiana University, Indianapolis, United States), Jessica Steinberg (Indiana University, Bloomington, United States) & Gustavo Torrens (Indiana University, Bloomington, United States) “Ostromian Institutions, Trust, and Peace: When does Self-Governance Promote Peace?”
John Horowitz* (Ball State University, United States) “Comparing Ostrom’s Design Principles with Military Command and Control Systems: A Study of Distributed Leadership.”
Altay Mustafayev* (Indiana University, United States) “The Use of Elinor Ostrom’s IAD Framework in Comparative Law Research: The Case of Judicial Discretion in Common Law and Civil Law.”
Arezoo Mirzaei* (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany), Insa Theesfeld (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany), Irene Pérez Ibarra (University of Zaragoza, Spain) & Ismael Lare David (University of Zaragoza, Spain) “From Rules-in-Use to Policy Action: Understanding Informal Rules in Land Governance in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.”
S3.3 Innovating Institutional Design: Governance, Behaviour, and Experimental Approaches
Chair: Emiliano Hernandez Gomez Galvarriato (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Venue: RB105
Vanessa Villanueva Collao* (European University Institute/Bocconi University, Italy) “DAOS, Decentralized Governance, and Vote Buying. An Experimental Study.”
Petr Špecián* (Charles University, Czech Republic) “Breaking the Experimentation Bottleneck: Generative Agents as Institutional Design Accelerators.”
Marco Stimolo* (University of Siena, Italy), Pierpaolo Parrotta (University of Siena, Italy) & Alessandro Stringhi (University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “YOUTH. Youngsters Observing Unlawful Tendencies in High-crime areas.”
Emiliano Hernandez Gomez Galvarriato* (Radboud University, Netherlands) “Police Violence, How much of it is about Forced Confessions? An Assessment of Incentives Changes, Following Penal Justice Reform in Mexico.“
S3.4 Religion, Identity, and Political Behavior: Belief Systems in Civic Life
Chair: Mrdjan Mladjan (EBS Business School, Germany)
Venue: RB112
Przemysław Kurek* (University of Warsaw, Poland), Jan Fałkowski* (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Maja Pieńkos (SWPS University, Poland) “Explaining the Increase in Turnout during the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections in Poland. The Role of Religiosity.”
James Rosenberg* (University of Wisconsin-Madison/WZB Berlin Social Science Center, United States) “Do Sleeping Sovereigns Dream of Digital Identities?: Identity, Sovereignty, Citizenship.”
Georgios Melios* (London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom) & Bouke Klein Teeselink (King’s College London, United Kingdom) “Religion, Identity and Preferences.”
Mrdjan Mladjan* (EBS Business School, Germany), Elena Nikolova (GLO, UCL and IOS-Regensburg, Mauritius) & Dusan Markovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia) “The Unorthodox Orthodox? Religion, Compromise, and Attitudes Toward Women in the Labor Market.“
S3.5 Agency, Cognition, and Design: Rethinking Institutions Across Time and Technology
Chair: Christian Turner (University of Georgia, United States)
Venue: RB113
Blaž Remic* (Leiden University, Netherlands) “From Cognitive Bias to Temporal Orientation: Institutions and Agency in Thucydides.”
Karoly Mike* (Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary) “Cicero meets Pareto: How Efficiency Analysis can Serve Legal Justice.”
Sergio Beraldo* (University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy) “From Libertarian Paternalism to AI-Powered Nudging.”
Christian Turner* (University of Georgia, United States) “Conceptions of Artificial Institutional Agents.”
11:30–13:00 Parallel sessions 4
S4.1 Networks and the Rule of Law
Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Chair: Clemens Buchen (WHU – Otto-Beisheim School of Management, Germany)
Venue: RB103
Marco Faillo (University of Trento, Italy), Elisa Flori (University of Trento, Italy), Sara Lorenzini* (University of Trento, Italy), Nadia von Jacobi* (University of Trento, Italy) & Massimiliano Vatiero* (Universita di Trento, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Italy) “Networks and the Rule of Law: A Conceptual System.”
Fabio Padovano* (Université de Rennes 1 & University of Roma Tre, France) & Ilaria Petrarca (Bank of Italy, Italy) “A Theory of the Cyclical Production of Laws and Decrees.”
Clemens Buchen* (WHU – Otto-Beisheim School of Management, Germany) “Institutions as Layers: Incentives, Patterns, and Signals.“
S4.2 Governance and Institutional Ecosystems in Economic Development
Chair: Imran Arif (Appalachian State University, United States)
Venue: RB104
Abhinav Surya Lalitha Thiyagarajan* (Centre for Development Studies, India) “Value Chain Relationship and Value Capture in India’s Organised Manufacturing Sector”
Pavneet Singh* (Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, India) “Does Good Governance improve FDI in the Indian States?”
Imran Arif* (Appalachian State University, United States) “Entrepreneurial Entry and Structural Transformation: The Role of Institutional Ecosystems.“
S4.3 Water, Law, and Institutional Innovation: Governance Challenges Across Regions
Chair: Bruno Varella Miranda (Insper, Brazil)
Venue: RB105
Delia Montero* (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico) “Prosperity or Disaster: the Water Policy in Mexico City.”
Grazia Greco* (University of Milan, Italy) & Virginia Cecchini Manara* (University of Milan, Italy) “Law & Economics Analysis of RECs and Comparison of Possible Juridical Forms.”
Bruno Varella Miranda* (Insper, Brazil) & Gustavo Magalhães de Oliveira (University of Bonn, Germany) “Institutional Innovation and Strategic Adaptation in the Amazon: The Case of the TAC Policy.”
S4.4 The Political Economy of Decentralized Finance
Chair: Gopika Shah (SMU Dedman School of Law, United States)
Venue: RB113
Cyril Hédoin (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France) & Romain Plassard* (University Paris Dauphine-PSL, France) “Decentralized Finance and Democracy. Reflecting on Libertarianism’s Escape From Politics.”
Loïc Sauce* (ISTEC Business School, France) “The Emerging Institutions of Decentralised Finance (DeFi).”
Gopika Shah* (SMU Dedman School of Law, United States) “Banking vs. Tech: The Fight for the Future of Money.”
S4.5 Blockchain, Networks, and the Institutional Dimensions of Technology
Chair: H. Bhuvaneshwari (Institute for Social and Economic Change, India)
Venue: RB114
Eric Alston* (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) & Ali Jafarzadeh (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) “Risk Propagation Across Cryptocurrency Networks.”
Eric Alston* (University of Colorado Boulder, United States), Bryce Bugge (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) & William Lehr* (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) “Automated Penalty Institutions on Staked Blockchain Networks.”
Fatima Antelo* (University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom) “Assessing Blockchain Solutions for Land Title Institutions.”
H. Bhuvaneshwari* (Institute for Social and Economic Change, India) “A Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of IoT Sensor Adoption Pathways in Indian Agriculture: Institutional Dimensions.“
14:15–15:30 Keynote lecture 2
Erik Stam (Utrecht University School of Economics, Netherlands) “Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Development: An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective”
Chair: Marek Hudik (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Room: RB101
16:00–18:00 Parallel sessions 5
S5.1 Institutions of Governance
Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Johan Graafland (Tilburg University, Netherlands
Venue: RB103
Jerg Gutmann* (University of Hamburg, Germany), Tolga Er (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Stefan Voigt* (University of Hamburg, Germany) “Is Judicial Independence Good for Business?”
Andrew Young* (Texas Tech University, United States) “A Transaction Cost Theory of Constitutional Change.”
Johan Graafland* (Tilburg University, Netherlands) & Esther van Vliet (Tilburg University, Netherlands) “The Impact of Monarchy on Happiness: The Moderating Role of Democracy.“
S5.2 Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Ecosystems
Chair: Marek Hudik (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Venue: RB104
Ernst-Jan Stokvis* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “University-Startup Collaborations in Digital Healthcare Transformation: An Inductive Case Study Approach.”
Ernst-Jan Stokvis* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Evolving Roles of Universities in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (UIEEs).”
Jaroslaw Plichta* (Krakow University of Economics, Poland) “Entrepreneurial Logic as an Endogenous Institutional Logic Driving Innovation: A Mixed‐Methods Approach to Identifying and Validating Its Antecedents.”
Marek Hudik* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Productive, Unproductive, and Destructive Entrepreneurship In and Out of Equilibrium.”
S5.3 Entrepreneurship, Institutions, and the Politics of Regulation
Chair: João Capucho (University of Beira Interior, Portugal)
Venue: RB105
Malgorzata Godlewska* (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) “Are Legal Regulations, such as the DSA, DMA, or AIA, able to Protect Consumers, Contractors and Undistorted Competition while Supporting the Development of Digital Gatekeepers?”
Carlos Alberto Prieto Valero* (European University Viadrina, Germany) & Albrecht Söllner* (European University Viadrina, Germany), “Expanding the Comprehension of Governance in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: An Analysis of the Heilbronn Ecosystem using the Institutional Grammar Method.”
Mohit Kumar Gupta (National Law School of India University, India) “Institutional Design, Regulation, and Governance of Family-Controlled Business Firms in India.”
João Capucho (University of Beira Interior, Portugal), João Leitão (University of Beira Interior, Portugal) & Helena Alves (University of Beira Interior, Portugal) “Beyond Tourism and Corruption: The Predominant Role of Entrepreneurship in Advancing European Sustainable Development Goals.”
S5.4 Institutions, Rights, and Redistribution: Land Governance and Socioeconomic Segmentation
Chair: Cristina Matos (University of Minho, Portugal)
Venue: RB112
Colin Harris* (St. Olaf College, United States) “Meet the Old Laws, Same as the New Laws? Reassessing the Effect of Early Right-to-Work Laws on Union Density.”
Deepika Yadav* (Indian Institute of Management, India) & Rnajan Kumar Ghosh (Indian Institute of Management, India) & Prashant Kumar Das (Indian Institute of Management, India) “Land Tenure Quality and Agricultural Land Rents.”
Martina Manara* (University College London, United Kingdom, Virginia Cecchini Manara (University of Milan, Italy) & Marco Faillo (University of Trento, Italy) “De-Facto Land Rights in Urban Informal Settlements: Piloting a Diagnostic Survey.”
Cristina Matos* (University of Minho, Portugal) “Inequality and Income Insecurity in Portugal: An Institutional-Evolutionary Analysis of Labor Segmentation Dynamics.“
Friday 12 September
09:00–11:00 Parallel sessions 6
S6.1 Institutional Legacies, Land, and Labour in Socio-Economic Development
Convenor: Lucie Mařanová (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Lyndal Keeton (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Venue: RB103
Šárka Laboutková* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Vít Šimral (University of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic) “Tracing Corruption: Historical Patterns and Institutional Legacies in Post-Habsburg Central Eastern Europe.”
Christoph Hess* (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) “Labour Markets, Bondservants, and Household Structure in the Lower Yangzi Region, 1650-1950.”
Yunyufei Luo* (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) “Conditional Sales in Late Imperial China: a Case Study of Yongtai County, Fujian, 1539 to 1942.”
Giampaolo Garzarelli (DiSSE, Sapienza – Università di Roma, Italy), Lyndal Keeton* (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) & Aldo A. Sitoe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) “Seeds of Institutional Change: The Biopiracy of Brazilian Rubber.”
S6.2 Gender, Labour, and Inequality
Chair: Arabela Ichim (Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Netherlands)
Venue: RB104
Luigi Bonaventura* (Università di Catania, Italy) & Maurizio Caserta* (Università di Catania, Italy) “Gender Social Norms and Segregation in the Labor Market.”
Elodie Douarin* (UCL SSEES, United Kingdom) “Transmission of Views on Gender Equality and Institutional Change: Lessons from the Post-Communist Transition.”
Georgios Melios* (London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom) “Neighbourhoods, Income Inequalities and Partisanship.”
Arabela Ichim* (Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Netherlands), Daniela Ancuta Sarpe (Universitatea ” Dunarea de Jos”, Romania) & Neculita Mihaela (Universitatea ” Dunarea de Jos”, Romania) “Is there a Bright Side to Inequality of Opportunity? Evidence from Roma Entrepreneurs and their Communities in North Macedonia and Serbia.”
S6.3 Theories and Perspectives on Institutional Change
Chair: André Cherubini Alves (FGV EAESP, Brazil)
Venue: RB105
Bill Tulloh* (RMIT University, Australia) “Abstract Interfaces: The Microstructure of Institutional Change.”
Henri Koskinen* (University of Helsinki, Finland) “The Productive Power of Startup Culture Institutions.”
Mark McAdam* (University of Siegen, Germany) “Views on Agency in Institutional Change.”
André Cherubini Alves* (FGV EAESP, Brazil) & Ronise Suzuki (FGV EAESP, Brazil) “Institutional Coherence and the Innovation Paradox: Evidence from Brazil’s Agricultural Innovation Policy Space.“
S6.4 Institutional Frameworks and Corporate Behavior: Comparative Approaches to Governance and Trust
Chair: Eliza Hałatek (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Venue: RB112
Giacomo Roma* (Bank of Italy, Italy) “The Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in a Comparative Perspective: An Apparent Paradox.”
Adam Piłat* (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Understanding Corporate Welfare: A Comparative Analysis of OECD Countries.”
Mikael Stenkula* (Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Sweden) “The Institutional Framework and Productive Investments: Dividend and Corporate Taxation in Closely Held Corporations.”
Eliza Hałatek* (University of Warsaw, Poland) “The Relevance of Central Bank Communication – Does it Really Build Trust?“
S6.5 Institutions and Populism
Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Ekkehard Köhler (University of Siegen, Germany)
Venue: RB113
Robbert Maseland* (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands) “Revolution of the Meritless? The Rise of Populism and the Institution of Meritocracy.”
Jacek Lewkowicz* (University of Warsaw, Poland), Jan Fałkowski* (University of Warsaw, Poland) & Zofia Miarczyńska (University of Warsaw, Poland) “Understanding Populism: Public Perception of Political Claims.”
Niclas Berggren* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) & Christian Bjørnskov* (Aarhus University and IFN, Denmark) “Populism, Ideology, and Human Freedom.”
Ekkehard Köhler* (University of Siegen, Germany) & Marius May (University of Siegen, Germany) “What Happens If You Ask Your Legislator about Police Violence? Experimental Evidence on Political Elites’ Responsiveness Before the US 2020 Elections.”
S6.6 Institutions, Transactions, and Development: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
Chair: Maria-Eleni Syrmali (University of the Aegean, Greece)
Venue: RB114
Ranjan Kumar Ghosh* (Indian Institute of Management, India) “Colonization as a Response to Contractual Challenges: How Managing Trade-Related Transaction Costs led to the British Expansion in India.”
Massimiliano Vatiero* (Universita di Trento, Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Italy) “In Search of the Transaction in Transaction Cost Economics.”
Maria-Eleni Syrmali* (University of the Aegean, Greece) “The Many Faces of Development: Socioeconomic and Institutional Perspectives.“
11:30–13:00 Parallel sessions 7
S7.1 Institutional Strategies and Corporate Evolution
Convenor: Lucie Mařanová (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: Roger Koppl (Syracuse University, United States)
Venue: RB103
Lucie Mařanová* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Late Entry, Shared Know-how: The Czech Sugar Industry in the Nineteenth Century.”
Václav Cejthamr* (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic) “Behind the Showroom: Conflicts, Challenges, and Growth in Laurin & Klement’s Early Dealerships.”
Roger Koppl* (Syracuse University, United States) “Darwin and the institutions.“
S7.2 Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Risk in the Global South
Convenor: Nikhilesh Sinha (Hult International Business School, United Kingdom)
Chair: Georgina Gomez (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Venue: RB104
Nikhilesh Sinha* (Hult International Business School, United Kingdom) “Reconceptualising Entrepreneurship: Risk Burden and Micro-Entrepreneurship in the Global South.”
Jonathan Greenacre* (Boston University, United States) “Institutions and M-Pesa in Kenya.”
Georgina Gomez* (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) & Anna Elias (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) “Valuing the Small Improvement: Why Digital Platforms Matter to Informal Workers in Mumbai.“
S7.3 Institutions and Culture II
Convenor: Niclas Berggren (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Chair: John Meadowcroft (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Venue: RB105
Luděk Kouba* (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic) & Michal Mádr (Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic) “What is the Future of the European Welfare State? Cultural Determinants of the Demand for Income Redistribution.”
Inês Gregório* (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal) & André Azevedo Alves* (Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal) “EU Funds and Rent-Seeking in Peripheral Contexts: The Case of Portugal.”
John Meadowcroft* (King’s College London, United Kingdom) “The Emergent Order of British Slavery.”
S7.4 Institutions and Incentives in the Shift to Sustainability: From Farms to Consumers
Chair: Ismael Lare (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Venue: RB112
Pedro Trus Mendes* (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland) “Contested Green Transitions: Certification and Agricultural Futures in Bahia and Eastern Poland.”
Judyta Lubacha* (Jagiellonian University, Poland) “Role of Norms and Values in Sustainable Consumption and Shift Towards Circularity.”
Ismael Lare* (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Alicia Tenza Peral* (University of Zaragoza, Spain), Laura X Estévez Moreno (University of Zaragoza, Spain) & Javier Lacosta García (University of Zaragoza, Spain) “Integration of Formal Rules in Rules-in-Use Regarding the Governance of Common-Pool Resources.”
S7.5 Formal and Informal Institutions: Interactions, Interpretations, and Impacts
Chair: Jose Carlos Orihuela (PUCP, Peru)
Venue: RB113
Geoffrey Hodgson* (Loughborough University London, United Kingdom) “Formal and Informal Institutions: Some Problems of Meaning, Impact, and Interaction.”
Maria Lissowska* (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland) “Formal and Informal Institutions in Europe and their Impact on Taking a Second Chance by SME.”
Jose Carlos Orihuela* (PUCP, Peru) & Jose Luis Chicoma (The New Institute, Germany) “The Case for Traditional Supply Chains: How Informal Markets and Policy Innovations Can Foster a More Equitable and Sustainable Food Economy“
S7.6 Margins Under Pressure: Institutional Change, Social Inclusion and Societal Well-Being in Sicily Across Time
Convenor: Maria Olivella Rizza (University of Catania, Italy)
Chair: Maria Olivella Rizza (University of Catania, Italy)
Venue: RB114
Christian Marino* (University of Catania, Italy) “Resilience Without Reform: Charitable Institutions, Political Power, and Social Well-Being in The Case of the 1693 Val di Noto Earthquake.”
Lorenzo Coccoli* (University of Catania, Italy) “Reconfiguring Welfare Through Conflict: Institutional Transformations and Social Well-Being in the Case of the Reclusorio della Purità of Catania (18th–19th Century)”
Maria Olivella Rizza* (University of Catania, Italy) “Center and Periphery of Slow-Moving Institutions: the Casa don Puglisi as an Institutional Laboratory.”
S7.7 Comparative Approaches to Political Institutions and State Reform
Chair: Reka Mathe (University of Public Service, Hungary)
Venue: RB115
Chang Soo Choe* (Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea) “The Cause of Emergence of Authoritarian President in South Korea: Interaction of Political Culture and Undemocratic Party Operation.”
Yugank Goyal (FLAME University, Pune, India), Shivakumar Jolad (FLAME University, Pune, India) & Ravi Vishwakarma* (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Lisbon) “Applying Text Mining Tools to Understand Constitutional Diffusion: The Indian Constitution and its Antecedent Drafts”
Reka Mathe* (University of Public Service, Hungary) “Cutting Red Tape to Increase Productivity?”
14:00–15:15 Keynote lecture 3
Maria Minniti (Syracuse University, USA), “Unraveling the Gordian Knot: How Entrepreneurial Communities Engage the Intricacies of Complex Problems”
Chair: Andrea Sáenz de Viteri (Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic)
Room: RB101
15:45–17:45 Membership Meeting
Chair: Richard Langlois (University of Connecticut, USA)
Room: RB101
