Economic systems are undergoing a generalized effort to improve corporate governance structures and processes.Waves of scandals and increasing public scrutiny push institutional regulators and corporate boards of directors to establish and adopt new practices.Codes of good governance have...

Management fads are increasingly a hot topic within Organization Theory. Recent articles have described the production process of fads, the role of «ideological» waves in explaining their emergence, and the development of management rhetoric supporting the fads. Despite this growing interest,...

Risk, regulation and practices of organizing are interrelated in a myriad of ways. Natural disasters, technical failures, and also processes of organizing are sources of risk to which organizations must respond and for which new managerial and regulatory practices are demanded. In this...