Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

Chapter 1. Crowdfunding: Definitions, Foundations and Framework -- Chapter 2. Crowdfunding in Public Sector: A Systematic Literature Review -- Chapter 3. Preparation to Execution: Orchestrating Campaign Processes in Organization-led Crowdfunding -- Chapter 4. Assessing the Maturity of...

Part 1: Editorial -- Towards Service Automation in Public Organizations -- Part 2: Conceptualization of Public Sector Service Automation -- The Subject Matter of Process Automation Practices: Through the Lenses of Research Questions -- Understanding Automated Decision-making in the Public...

1. Introduction to “Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology” -- 2. Digitalization in Africa: The case of public programs in Ghana -- 3. Maximizing Human Resource Development in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Digital Era -- 4. Digitizing Recruitment and Selection of Employees in Ghana:...

Open Government – Grundlagen und Ursprünge eines offenen Regierungs- und Verwaltungshandelns auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene -- Transparenz 2.0 -- Offene Daten und offene Verwaltungsdaten – Öffnung von Datenbeständen -- Open Budget – Öffnung des Haushaltswesens --...

Part 1: Ethics and Ethical Compliance -- Chapter 1:1 Ethics and Accountable Governance in Africa: An Introduction (Kemi Ogunyemi, Isaiah Adisa, and Robert E. Hinson) -- Chapter 2:Ethical Dilemmas and the Changing Reality in Africa’s Public Sector (Nkemdilim Iheanachor and Emmanuel Etim) --...

Finanzwissenschaft – Wirtschaftstheoretische und gesellschaftspolitische Grundlagen -- Umfang und Entwicklung des öffentlichen Sektors -- Funktionen des öffentlichen Sektors - Analytische Grundlagen -- Entscheidungstheoretische Grundlagen - Wohlfahrtsökonomie und Public Choice Theorie --...

Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Research Design and Methodology -- Case Descriptions of the studied Communities of Practice -- CoPs as Enabler of Organizational Knowledge Creation -- CoPs as Loci of Collective Lead Userness -- CoPs as an Enhancement of Organizations’ Innovative...

“This book sets out not only to understand Public Service Motivation, but to find its place among other more traditional organisational research topics. In doing so, Homberg and Costello show that PSM is no longer in its infancy and can be successfully employed to tackle issues beyond public...