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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Governance Regime"”.
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Crime on the High Seas: What Conditions Are Necessary to Achieve Effective Maritime Governance Regime?
… thesis explores why international maritime governance regimes have inconsistent rates of success. The global community relies on the world’s oceans for food, trade, and resources. Therefore, the regulation of these oceans is necessary to provide adequate passage through its waters and the …
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Towards A Reformed Governance In Nigeria: A critique of the shortcomings of the current corporate governance regime and proposals for its reform, drawing from the UK and the US corporate governance models and the OECD Principles.
… in the regulation and practice of Corporate Governance in Nigeria, as evident with the release of the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance (NCCG) in 2016, Nigeria still requires significant improvement to be in line with international best practice. This thesis, therefore, recommends …
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Can we get there from here? Ecosystem based governance in the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine region
… broader, more holistic ecosystem approach to the governance of the human activities that impact the coastal margin. This study uses the framework of the Policy Sciences to suggest a model of Problem Orientation, Social Process, and Decision Process characteristics indicative of an ideal …
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Governance of International Rivers: Threats, Gaps and Challenges
… resources, this thesis looks at issues of governance of international rivers in terms of threats to them, gaps in their governance regimes and challenges associated with closing those gaps. International river basins globally are currently threatened with over-extraction, pollution, damming …
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The effects of International Equity Cross-Listing on Investor Protection and Firm Value
… U.S. firms can ‘completely’ bond to the U.S. governance regime (like U.S. firms do), as the legal bonding hypothesis predicts. In general these studies conclude that bonding to the U.S. regime is ‘incomplete’. Implicit in this is the belief that domestic/ordinary shareholders are also …
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New Directions For Mutual Fund Governance In Canada: Investor Protection From Excessive Fees and Expenses
… mechanism in the existing Canadian mutual fund governance regime to protect investors against excessive advisory fees. Recent changes to the Canadian securities regulatory framework were precipitated by the mutual fund scandal in Canada and the United States that involved late trading and market …
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The participation of women in urban regeneration : a longitudinal study in Sheffield
… used to inform the dominant paradigm of urban governance: regime theory. Integrated regime theory is proposed as a more inclusive way of exploring the governance of urban regeneration. The research also contributes to the policy debate by confirming that there is a greater need for the …
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Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking
<p>REGIME THEORY REVISITED: THE ROLE</p> <p>OF NONPROFITS IN URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</p> <p>by</p> <p>MICHELLE L. WOODDELL</p> <p>AUGUST 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Brady Baybeck</p> <p>Major: Political Science</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>While quite a bit has been written about the …
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Governing Outer Space as a Global Commons: Examining ‘Tragedy’ in Orbital Medium
… of this research is to examine the outer space governance regime and to identify key governance deficits which are arguably the main reason for the far-reaching proliferation of space debris in the outer space commons. To this end, the research initially inspects two of the existing global …
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Rivers without a Territory: Indus Waters Treaty, 1960 and the Erasure of Kashmir
… spill across territorial borders, I probe the governance of resources within and between these new nation-states. Through a rigorous account of the Anglophone diplomatic perspective on the Treaty (1948-1964), I highlight a forgotten history of state-making in South Asia, showing how …
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Rethinking viewpoints of investigation on global higher education development: Using the case of China to propose an alternative perspective to understand world higher education
… education institutions under central planning governance seems to have been critical in the national strategy to develop the top universities in China. However, the newly implemented national initiative for world-class university development, i.e., Project DFC, seems to suggest an intention to …
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Reforming the Chinese corporate governance system: a comparative law and economic analysis.
… with diversified ownership created the need for governance mechanisms to facilitate the monitoring of managers and to restrain them from acting inappropriately, while not unduly restricting their ability to make decisions. The issue of corporate governance has been fiercely debated in both the US …
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The effect of land restitution on protected areas : an analysis of the co-management model in operation at the Mkambati Nature Reserve
… reconciling both the country’s protected area regime and its land reform regime. The dissertation commences with a brief analysis of South Africa’s socioeconomic and environmental realities, in order to contextualise the analysis. It then turns to consider South Africa’s constitutional …
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Corporate Governance as a Transformation Tool in Sustaining Nigeria’s Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
… the lack of proper knowledge of good corporate governance practices, Nigeria’s institutions, and regulatory environment are critical factors that contribute to the lack of good managerial skills and lack of access to capital.<br/><br/>In consideration of how the regime of corporate governance …
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An appraisal of the European Commission's Application of the New Merger Regulation
… The Courts have also been drawn into the governance regime as the whole investigative process has become much more adversarial in nature as parties become more willing to challenge Commission decisions, if they are not in agreement. The thesis, therefore, will examine if and how the …
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International Labour Law as a Global Public Good: Enhancing Labour Regulation in an Era of Globalisation
… mechanisms to support a resilient cooperative regime of international labour standards. Ultimately, it supports the notion that it is possible to effectively promote labour regulation in a globalised world, and to do so in a way which is incentive-compatible. Pursuing a novel game theoretical …
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Understanding the Determinants of Policy Performance in Collaborative Context: The Case of Drug Harm Reduction Services in Central-Eastern Europe
… namely, policy framing, collaborative governance regimes, and structural factors affecting effective service delivery. Together, the results of the three articles making up the dissertation provide a holistic, complex picture of the performance of harm reduction policy in the region. …
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Democratizing Refugee Governance Through Critical Reflexivity
… are understood in relation to the global refugee regime complex. This research explores how cognitive frames are impeding fair/democratic governance of IDPs/refugees and employs two case studies to investigate how the practice of critical reflexivity can lead to the creation of democratic spaces …
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Law and Artificial Intelligence: A Systems-Theoretical Analysis
… effects if there is to be an effective societal governance regime for it. This thesis demonstrates that SST provides us with the shared theoretical grammar to start and sustain this dialogue.