A Comparative Descriptive Method for Long-Term Renewal Institutions: Evidence from Condominium Management Systems

This study develops a comparative descriptive method for analysing long-termrenewalinstitutions across five jurisdictions: Japan, Germany, France, New South Wales(Australia), and Florida (United States). Existing research has examined engineering, asset management, condominium governance, and institutional design, but noreproducible method has been established for systematically comparing institutionalarrangements across jurisdictions. Using primary institutional documents, the studyapplies a structured comparative procedure that distinguishes institutional arrangementsfrom recurring institutional functions. Comparative analysis identifies six recurringinstitutional functions: Planning, Condition Assessment, Resource Preparation, Governance, Implementation, and Periodic Review. These functions are subsequentlyabstracted into a comparative descriptive framework that provides a common analyticallanguage for cross-jurisdictional comparison. The principal contribution of the study ismethodological. Rather than evaluating institutional effectiveness, it proposes atransparent and transferable analytical procedure for describing long-termrenewalinstitutions. The framework is expected to support future comparative research on longlived assets and infrastructure governance. This manuscript is released as a preprint prior to peer review. Comments and scholarly feedback are welcome.