The level of development of continuous improvement (CI) across all aspects of a firm?s operations provides a … examines the responses of firms using CI, taking into account the stage of development that the firm had reached in their … firms were in the early stages of development of CI, using it primarily in the manufacturing function at the operational …

The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value … chains, and 3) what does this mix of actors and values contribute to our understanding of value chain governance. Between …

In recent years, the development of software in open source communities has attracted immense attention from research … and practice. The idea of commercial quality, free software, and open source code accelerated the development of well … source project. Adequate coordination and controlling mechanisms for the governance in open source communities may …

urban areas as shopping destinations – town centre managers, shopping centre managers, local authority economic development … the recent publication of Draft PPS6 and its increased focus on the strategic development of smaller centres, the …

progress and development. Yet much evidence argues the opposite and that resource-rich countries suffer from 'resource curse …

limitations/implications – Further studies will contribute to understanding how governance mechanisms and liquidity influence the …

, the system itself would fail, depriving all users of its benefits. In this dissertation, we demonstrate how governance … can be successfully employed to analyse their effects, even at an early development stage.We show that our approach is not …Die Dissertation "Towards the Governance of Open Distributed Systems - A Case Study in Wireless Mobile Grids" besch …

businesses more specifically, family power has been identified as a key criterion to explain the governance of family businesses … power shapes the governance of family businesses. The existing literature suggests, among other things, that family … ownership and their involvement in management contribute heavily on the governance of family businesses. The notions of agency …