This thematic report presents observations on the governance of R&I policies when applying a whole of government Approach (WGA). It finds that governance structures can take very different forms, depending on the historical and institutional context of the administrative systems in question. As...

Soccer and sports have developed into a commercial venture and the self-governing nature of Global Sports Organizations (GSOs), especially that of FIFA, is not fit for purpose in the 21st century. The work examines whether the doctrine of “specificity of sport” justifies the unaccountable...

Purpose - The aim of this research is to analyze empirical evidence of the effect of governance structure (GS) on perceived success of the succession process. It is also reported that in India, family firms have a more informal organization structure and governance and have an informal and...

Objective: The objective of the article is to determine the effect of governance structure components (audit committee presence, board size adequacy, and board leadership) on SMEs’ performance and the moderating effect of chief executive officer (CEO) tenure on the influence of governance...

Extensive use of industrial land has been typical for many cities in China since the end of the previous century. One of the most important reasons is the local governments' strategy choice in land use. In this research, a governance structure from the view of the tax-sharing system and the...

How can non-profit organizations improve their governance to increase their social impact? This study examines the effectiveness of a bundle of governance mechanisms - consisting of social performance-based incentives combined with auditing and feedback - in the context of a randomized...

Extensive use of industrial land has been typical for many cities in China since the end of the previous century. One of the most important reasons is the local governments’ strategy choice in land use. In this research, a governance structure from the view of the tax-sharing system and the...

In this study we researched the relationship between international diversification and performance in family firms in an emerging economy. Likewise, from the perspective of the governance structure, we investigated non-linear relationships between business group membership, concentration of...

We link a new UK management survey covering 8,000 firms to panel data on productivity in manufacturing and services. There is a large variation in management practices, which are highly correlated with productivity, profitability and size. Uniquely, the survey collects firms' micro forecasts of...

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the elements of the particular governance structure of the family business and the involvement of the family in the business in order to verify its effects on managerial capabilities. Likewise, professionalization in this type of company will be...

The Second World War II (WWII) was arguably one of the largest shocks to the U.S. economic and production system in history. Historians, business historians, and economists have largely discussed the stimulus that WWII had on U.S. technological advancements. However, its effect on U.S....

From Elihu Thomson and Herbert Dow in the late nineteenth century to Steve Jobs a hundred years later, many entrepreneurs have been stymied by their investors. In this paper, we use a simple model to explore how outcomes might have been different if entrepreneurs, instead of the investors, had...

Geteilte Führung bezeichnet die Verteilung von Verantwortung und Führung auf unterschiedliche Akteur:innen. Die beiden Autoren beschreiben wissenschaftlich fundiert und praxisnah, was das Modell Shared Leadership bedeutet, warum es immer wichtiger wird und welche Vorteile es bietet. Sie...