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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Governance models"”.
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An Economic Analysis of Cyber Warfare Governance Models
… via cyberspace. Two of the most prominent governance models to emerge are the Tallinn Manual and Microsoft’s Digital Geneva Convention. The driving thesis of this research argues that within the monolith of the internet, there lie situations that can be examined through the lens of New …
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Beyond the public-private binary: cooperatives as alternative water governance models
… is an important case study for research on water governance because it was intended to be the World Banks model for which other countries would strive to emulate when reforming and improving water services by means of private concessions. The first part of the thesis examines the political and …
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Conservancy Governance Models for Improved Environmental Management in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Environmental governance is a collaborative approach involving diverse private, state and third sector actors, which contrasts with conventional government, which carries connotations of top-down control by the state over other actors. Conservancies represent a specific category of conservation …
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Being Heard: A Classical Grounded Theory Exploring the Experiences of Bedside Nurses Working in Children's Hospitals with Established Shared Governance Models
… working in children’s hospitals where shared governance (SG) has been in place for at least four years. Shared governance is a professional practice model that has been offered as a way to improve nurse satisfaction, decrease nursing turnover, and increase nurse retention by including bedside …
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Limited leadership: an examination of Houston nonprofit board diversity and whether selection processes and executive director perceptions of governance models affect composition
… not the executive director's perception of the governance model would influence the diversity ratio on an organization's board, and the analyses correspond with those three sections. The study found Houston's nonprofit boards are 9% more diverse than the national average and that Caucasians …
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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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Clam garden governance in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
… insights that inform the design of clam garden governance models including potential structures, processes and resources. The practice Western science calls “clam gardens” has played a significant role in First Nations communities of the Pacific Northwest for perhaps millennia. However, the …
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An Examination of the Behaviors and Strategies of Resurgent Parish Elementary Schools.
… data suggested an investigation into the various governance models in use today by other private Catholic schools. Ultimately, the research led to the need for more study on governance models and a suggestion that canonical administration may not be the best model for the future success of …
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An Examination of Models of Decision Making in Six Thai Teachers Colleges
… of this research was to study the three academic governance models--bureaucratic, collegial, and political--in six Thai teachers colleges. This study sought to determine which of the three models of decision making best describes present governance structure of these teachers colleges and also to …
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Modeling government ERP acquisition methods using system dynamics
… model. The impact of the different contract models on the Critical Success Factors, depending on the level of knowledge on legacy and the completeness of requirements, has also been examined. A System Dynamics model is developed to help in evaluating Lead System Integrator v/s Project …
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Maori and museums : the politics of indigenous recognition : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Museum Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North
… museums, focusing on Mäori participation in the governance of regional charitable trust museums in New Zealand.The international context is explored through an investigation of indigenous strategies of resistance to museum practices at the international, national and local levels. The national …
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Figures in air : multiplicity and aurality as social architecture
… to: art, music, thinking, economy, being, governance, psychology, music cognition, audio, diagrammatics, speculation, technology, governance, models of utility, logics of construction, systems theory, utopianism, sound studies, multiplicity, animal communication, pseudo-science, …
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Explaining Technological Change of Wind Power in China and the United States: Roles of Energy Policies, Technological Learning, and Collaboration
… CDM wind projects and spatial econometric models, I find that a wind project developer’s previous experience (learning-by-doing) and industrywide wind project experience (spillover effect) significantly reduce the costs of wind power. The spillover effect provides justification for …
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Regulating the Corporation from Within and Without: Corporate Governance and Workers’ Interests
… explores how the increased legal regulation and governance of corporations can be used to help improve the interests of workers in global supply chains. Chapter one outlines the introduction and provides background information. Chapter two is the literature review. Chapter three examines the …
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Kwayeskastasowin ᒃᐗᔦᔅᑲᔅᑕᓱᐎᓐ (Setting Things Right): Cree Pathways to Modernizing Treaty 9
… with unresolved Indigenous sovereignty and governance. While signatories understood the treaty as a covenant of coexistence and shared stewardship, Canada imposed a land-surrender narrative, entrenching jurisdictional ambiguity, ecological degradation, and Indian Act dependency. This thesis …
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The Bretton Woods School of Development communication as an 'agent' of modernisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
… applicability of ineffective communication and governance methods that failed to consider the region's cultural and socio-economic diversity. In a postmodern world, the study suggests that there should be a gradual move away from the Bretton Woods School of Development Communication-thought and …
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Public safety communications centers: are we prepared for the new technologies coming our way?
… data set concerning the risks, structure, governance, policy and external influences associated with public safety communications centers in light of emerging technological advancements to determine what trends and events were of the greatest concerns to those actively involved in the …
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Urban data governance and policies : a comparison using case studies
… Data is a new type of capital. Public governance has not yet caught up, and because of the specialized technical expertise required, the public sector has permitted and sometimes even invited private companies to make the rules. Caught up in these trends is a tension between cities …
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Technology innovation in financial services industry
… relevance to the organizations, and its governance models. Based on the information gathered through reviewing relevant literature and interviewing people involved with technology and financial services, our work will propose some technology strategies that could improve the effectiveness …
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