Private management of public networks? Unpacking the relationship between network management strategies in infrastructure implementation
研究了基础设施实施中私人行为者采用的两种网络管理策略（流程设计与制度设计）的关系，发现制度设计通过设定网络规则可引发良性或恶性循环，影响流程设计的效果。
Abstract With the aim to successfully implement infrastructure, implementation arrangements increasingly assign responsibilities for network management to private actors. In the literature, two types of network management strategies are distinguished: process design and institutional design. To date, research has focused on either of these strategies. Moreover, while private actors aim to use the institutional capital built in the network before the private actor was introduced, the role of institutional capital in network management is often overlooked. Taking these research gaps together, we aim to explore the relationship between the two network management strategies and the intermediating role of institutional capital. We compare three cases of infrastructure implementation from the Netherlands. We find that institutional design strategies, through setting the network rules in the implementation arrangement, can ignite a virtuous or a vicious circle, respectively, hindering or enhancing opportunities for network management through process design.