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Entrepreneurial Orientation In Management Buy-Outs And The Contribution Of Venture Capital
wright, mike; Bruining, Bruining, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2002
This paper focuses on the development of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) after a management buy-out (MBO) and on the role played by venture capital firms in enhancing EO. It presents results of two exploratory case studies of divisional buy-outs with regard to their EO and the areas where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242173
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European governmentality or decentralised network governance? The case of the European Employment Strategy
Möller, Kolja - RECON - 2010
academic literature it is stylized as a focal point for decentralised modes of governance. But drawing on Michel Foucault …’s governmentality approach the OMC does not seem to represent an innovative governance tool but a governmental system of power. The OMC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611202
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Constitutionalism and pluralism in a global context
Walker, Neil - RECON - 2010
Constitutional pluralism divides opinion. What makes it attractive to some in a globally connected world also accounts for the scepticism of others. Its allure lies in its ambition to square two ideas – ‘constitutionalism’ and ‘pluralism’ - typically understood as incompatible....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611205
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Democratic Boundaries in the US and Europe. Inequality, Localisation and Voluntarism in Social Welfare Provsion
Altman, Tess; Mayes, David G. - RECON - 2011
Our aim in this paper is to explore three related trends which have emerged in recent years that are contributing to important changes in the way both social welfare and democratic decision making over its form and content interact. These trends are: growing inequality, an increasing devolution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145187
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Summit of the Americas: The IDB Agenda to Support the Mandates of the Summits of Quebec and Nuevo León: Activities and Strategic Programs
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2005
governance and political development; integration and economic development; ecology and sustainable development; equity and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205900
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A Matter of Development: How to Reduce Vulnerability in the Face of Natural Disasters
America, Economic Commission for Latin; Caribbean, the - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
This document was prepared by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the "Confronting Natural Disasters: A Matter of Development" Seminar held in New Orleans on 25 and 26 March 2000. Vulnerability reduction is a key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216215
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Constitutionalism beyond the state: myth or necessity?
Cohen, Jean L. - RECON - 2010
Constitutionalism beyond the state is a deeply contested project. The emergence of global governance and global laws … production of international or global law. Thus questions about the legitimacy of global law and governance arise particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008645015
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The quality of democracy in the Czech Republic
Mansfeldová, Zdenka; Guasti, Petra Rakušanová - RECON - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680865
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Social Welfare and Democracy in Europe: What Role for the Private and Voluntary Sectors?
Altman, Tess; Shore, Cris - RECON - 2010
This paper explores the role of the private and voluntary sectors in helping to fill gaps in public sector social welfare provision and considers the extent to which this augments or weakens the democratic process. While the public sector has tended to be the major provider in European social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684788
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Data Mining and ‘Renegade’ Aircrafts: The States as Agents of a Global Militant Security Governance Network — The German Example
Nickel, Rainer - RECON - 2010
Security governance has changed the way societies organise and control the execution of powers. This contribution will … in a wider context; they are embedded in a growing structure of security governance, which has evolved into a Global … Militant Security Governance. This formally non-hierarchical network structure poses a threat to the rule of law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694985