It is now over 10 years since Malone et al. [Malone, T., Yates, J. and Benjamin, R. (1987) Electronic markets and electronic hierarchies. Communications of the ACM 30(6), 484-497] set out their hypothesis on electronic markets and electronic hierarchies, termed the electronic market...

This study considers that multiple and diverse rationales, including rational, emotional and socially conditioned responses can influence the adoption of management practices. The study includes four case studies in order to subject the adoption rationales that Sturdy (2004) posits to empirical...

In response to recent terror attacks, Western governments now involve private sector organizations in national security regimes in key strategic areas such as travel, communication and financial services. The UK’s e-Borders programme is one such regime. Its goal is to collect and analyse...