The claim that lawyers act as gatekeepers or certifiers in financial transactions is widely discussed in the legal … replaced investment banks as the gatekeepers of the market for sovereign debt. Our results suggest that hiring outside law …

Incentive contracts for gatekeepers who control patient access to specialist medical services provide too weak … incentives to investigate cost further when expected cost of treatment is greater than benefit. Making gatekeepers residual … claimants with a fixed fee from which treat-ment costs must be met (as with full insurers who are themselves gatekeepers …

governance gatekeepers that failed to prevent the global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach –This paper draws on the …

This paper examines the role of external linkages and gatekeepers for the renewal and expansion of cities’ knowledge … relations mediated by gatekeepers varies according to specific local conditions. In particular, our findings suggest that … relations. Whereas direct external connections outperform, on average, external links mediated by gatekeepers, the latter are …

The agency view of corporate governance requires effective monitors and gatekeepers to align the interests of the agent … gatekeepers and monitors. This paper suggests that conventional proposals to reform corporate governance through legislation …

relationship between researcher and participant. Gatekeepers invariably play a role in accessing socially excluded people in … research, yet discussion to date invariably focuses on the instrumental role gatekeepers play in facilitating researchers … gatekeepers and socially excluded people and, in particular, the relationships of power between gatekeepers and socially excluded …