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The Spinning Top Model, a New Path to Conceptualize Culture and Values: Applications to IS Research
Walsh, Isabelle; Kefi, Hajer - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
In this conceptual study we first categorize, from existing literature, different conceptions of culture rooted in …’s global culture, the Spinning Top Model. We posit theoretical proposals based on this model and define a new analytical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755887
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An Institutional View of Organizational Capabilities
Reinert do Nascimento, Mauricio; Bandeira-de-Mello, Rodrigo - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
The literature of organizational capabilities has overlooked the role of values. We present an institutionalist view of the capability phenomenon accounting for the values occurring in three levels: in the action at routine level, at the organization level and at the institutional environment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707491
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Organizational Governance and the Production of Academic Quality: Lessons from Two Top US Research Universities
Thoenig, Jean-Claude; Paradeise, Catherine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Does organizational governance contribute to academic quality? Two top research universities are observed in-depth: Berkeley and the MIT. Three key factors are listed that help generate consistent and lasting high performance. Priority is allocated to self-evaluation and to the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082451
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Sitting on the fence: Pork - barrels and democratization under threat of conflict. The case of Ghana, 1996 - 2004
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
This paper studies political competition in the case of a democratization process. We present an illustrative model describing political competition when the opposition threatens the stability of the country. In some cases, our model predicts the government should invest in opposition districts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708144
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Ethnicity and Election Outcomes in Ghana
Bossuroy, Thomas - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708651
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Elections and Economic Policy in Developing Countries
Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
This paper explores the impact of elections on economic policies and governance in developing countries. We distinguish … effect by comparing different frequencies of elections. Except at the extremes, a higher frequency of elections improves both … process is badly conducted. Badly conducted elections have no structural efficacy for policy improvement. A reasonable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708914
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Politics and the Geographic Allocation of Public Funds in a Semi-Democracy. The Case of Ghana, 1996-2004
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709010
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The Allocation of Public Goods and National Elections in Ghana
Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine; André, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
The body of literature on purely democratic countries can sometimes fail to explain the behavior of government in semi-democratic African countries. Empirical and theoretical political economic papers find that public funds target ruling party supporters and swing districts. Our results,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712479
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Do return migrants transfer political norms to their origin country? Evidence from Mali
Chauvet, Lisa; Mercier, Marion - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
This paper explores the link between return migration and political outcomes in the origin country, using the case study of Mali. We use electoral and census data at the locality level to investigate the role of return migration on participation rates and electoral competitiveness. First, we run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072393
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The Economics of Seasonal Gas Storage
Villeneuve, Bertrand; Creti, Anna; Chaton, Corinne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005
We propose a model of seasonal gas markets which is flexible enough to include supply and demand shocks while also considering natural gas as an exhaustible resource. Using US data, we estimate the model’s structural parameters and test economically founded restrictions. We analyze,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861387