The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of citizens' engagement in various participation programs on the participants' assessment of transparency in local government. To examine the relationship between citizen participation and transparency, the study focuses on two dimensions of...

This article explores the status of data subjects in the era of data capitalism. A data subject is a person whose personal data is being collected, held, or processed by data collectors or processors (e.g., Amazon, Google, or Facebook). Data-driven companies rely on data subjects offering...

Entrepreneurs should act as stewards of entrepreneurial rent. Entrepreneurial rent is the difference between the ex post value of a venture and its ex ante costs. It is the result of competition among buyers and sellers within the market process rather than the sole efforts of the entrepreneur....

What is corporate reorganization about? How ought we treat firms under financial distress? Should we even allow them to reorganize at all? These questions have motivated an ongoing debate about the purpose of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code—and about bankruptcy law in general—that one...

An influential set of economic theories argue that the firm is a nexus of contracts that institute a hierarchy to overcome the problems of incomplete contracting in the market. However, the economic theory of the firm as a hierarchy violates the moral requirement to respect the autonomy of those...

This paper proposes a three-part test to help simplify worker classification and connect the law with the overall purposes of our economic system. Existing legal tests struggle to provide justifiable and workable guidance for courts, employers, and workers. One recent response has been an...

Purpose – This paper aims to move beyond the limits of CSV by presenting a norms-driven framework for creating shared value.Design/methodology/approach – This paper combines insights from organizational studies and philosophy to critique CSV and to articulate an alternative model for...

While studies in public management have identified personal attributes, job characteristics, and organizational rewards as key factors that influence affective organizational commitment, limited attention has been paid to the influence of social networks on affective commitment. Given that...