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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"governance theory"”.
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Contractual governance: theory and practice in Circular A-76
… builds a conceptual framework of contractual governance through an examination of the policy environment and contracting process under one federal program, circular A-76. To comply with the government's general policy of relying on commercial sources to supply products and services, Circular …
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Towards a moderated-trust governance theory : explaining the dimensional structure of trust and distrust between a board of directors and a CEO
Trust is a central feature in corporate-governance theory and practice. While trust is advanced as a motivational factor in dominant organisational theories and practices, it is conspicuously absent in corporate-governance literature. At one extreme, scholars discount trust, which leads to theories …
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Governance of the drinking water supply service: A case study of three Mexican communities
Governance theory emerged in the early 1990s. Since then, it has been seen as an approach to unveil the existing relationships in systems of management with two often-conflicting governing systems, namely formal and informal. Governance theory attempts to understand the implications of decisions …
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Contested governance: police and gang interactions
… This thesis explores a nodal governance approach to the forms and consequences associated with the policing of gangs by police. Developments in governance theory has brought new insights for our understanding of how state and non-state actors relate in and across different …
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Management and governance of external developer platforms - at the example of Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc.
… platform ecosystem, product management, and IT governance theory a comparison of the developer platform approaches of two technology firms, Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc. is presented. Internal organizational structures and processes are evaluated in combination with external …
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Culturally Affirming Independent School Board Governance: Centering the Experiences of Independent School Board Members of Color
… = 9) based on Helms’s (1996) racial identity theory and Booth-Bell et al.’s (2021) board governance theory. This multiple case study examined survey responses of BMOC from 17 schools governed by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). Nine respondents were selected for …
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Customary governance and expressions of living customary law at Dwesa-Cwebe: contributions to small-scale fisheries governance in South Africa
Customary systems of marine resource governance have gained increasing attention internationally in the past three decades. Notwithstanding this, and despite the Constitutional recognition of customary governance and customary law in South Africa, the post-apartheid legislative reforms in the …
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Power and democracy: the politics of representation and participation in small-scale fisheries governance on the Cape Peninsula
… and Outcomes of marine and coastal fisheries governance processes. However, this thesis Argues that prominent contemporary approaches to fisheries theory tend to promote a neoliberal vision of 'politics without politics', in which emphasis is placed on inclusive, de-centred and collaborative …
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The Governance of Waste in Iqaluit, Nunavut
… waste management in Iqaluit, Nunavut. I draw on governance theory to critically examine the diffuse network of power that influences waste management practices and outcomes, and that have contributed to the city’s waste issues. Like other communities in Canada’s Nunavut territory, Iqaluit lacks …
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An analysis of determinants of effective tax administration: Inland revenue department, Namibia
… This study is underpinned by the goal-setting theory and further supported by the governance theory. The data were collected through the distribution of questionnaires to a sample of 120 employees in Namibia’s Inland Revenue Authority. A total of 81 questionnaires were analysed using the IBM …
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Students' right to participate in school decision-making: the perspectives of school governors
… using the theoretical framework of participatory governance. Fourteen school governors across nine post-primary schools were interviewed. The findings indicate that most of the governors did not have a detailed knowledge of students' participation rights and did not understand fully their …
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Unintended Consequences?: The Governance of Modern Foreign Language Learning in Scotland (1962-2014)
… the nature and effectiveness of MFL governance from national to school level. I examine politico-educational rationales for MFL, layers, structures and elements of meso- and macro-level governance, the balance between structure and agency, the impact of powerful individuals on a small …
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The Role of Social, Economic, and Political Factors in the Design and Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas
… in three ways. First, I use collaborative governance theory as a framework for analyzing the CCAMLR and identifying the key factors that lead to successful agreements to designate MPAs in the Southern Ocean. Second, I build a methodological framework that operationalizes conservation …
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The reformed Committee on World Food Security and the global governance of food security
… an illustration of evolving global food security governance. The research sets out to answer the extent to which the CFS is realising its reform objectives and how it is positioning itself within a changing architecture of global food security governance. Informed by literature on global …
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The Role of Community Participation in Sustainable National Park Management: Insights from the Giant Panda National Park, China
… management in China. By integrating stakeholder theory, good governance theory and social exchange theory, this research provides new theoretical tools for coordinating diverse interests in the GPNP management. Practically, it offers empirical guidance and recommendations for balancing ecological …
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Digging deeper for benefits: rural local governance and the livelihood and sustainability outcomes of devils claw (Harpagophytum spp.) harvesting in the Zambezi Region, Namibia
Natural resource governance in Africa is characterised by increased commercialisation of natural resources, the promotion of community-based natural resource management, and a re-appropriation of traditional authorities and customary law as evidenced by their inclusion in statutory frameworks. Yet, …
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REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE OF ACCESS TO UNPROVEN MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS IN CANADA; A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
… and explore lessons from past regulation and governance of access to unproven medical interventions provided by physicians in Canada, with the goal of informing and strengthening future strategies. The examples selected were chelation therapy for applications other than treating heavy metal …
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Governance and change in the British seafood supply chain 1950 to 2013
… the extent to which different sources of governance activity have both changed the supply, processing and consumption of seafood in Britain and achieved its sustainability, food safety and quality over the period 1950 to 2013 and secondly reflects on the implications for agri-food and …
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Change begets change: employing a change perspective to inform South Africa's coastal community conservation policy-praxis disjuncture
… nuanced and context-specific conservation governance approaches. Community-based conservation – which seeks to include local communities and their knowledge and priorities in conservation governance – offers a viable though context-specific alternative. However, thus far communitybased …
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