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Moralische Grundlagen der liberalen Demokratie : über die Notwendigkeit und Bestimmung liberaler Bürgertugenden

Egle, Christoph - 2000

Untersuchung nach den Bestandsbedingungen der liberalen Demokratie, speziell nach deren moralischen Grundlagen. Diese werden im … Demokratie ist. Das zweite Ziel der Arbeit liegt in der Beantwortung der Frage, wie diese moralischen Orientierungen (liberale …Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these …

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Performance measurement system effectiveness in public sector IT outsourcing contracts

Perrin, Brian; Pervan, Graham - 2009

A key issue in the successful management of an Information Technology (IT) outsourcing contract is the measurement of the vendor's performance to ensure that all agreed outcomes are achieved. An effective performance measurement system (PMS) provides both control and accountability of the vendor...

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Driver perceptions of police speed enforcement : differences between camera-based and non-camera based methods : results from a qualitative study

Soole, David W.; Lennon, Alexia J.; Watson, Barry C. - 2008

Prior research has highlighted the relationship between speeding and increased frequency and severity of traffic crashes. There is evidence to suggest that police speed enforcement, in particular speed camera operations, can be an effective tool for reducing traffic crashes. This qualitative...

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Idealized Design of A Leadership from the Middle Process

Stankard, Martin F. - 2011

This slide presentation describes the origin, approach and deliverables of course Org. Dynm.633, on “Leadership from the Middle” (LftM). Course participants were middle managers taking responsibility without authority for producing results in uncertain organizational environments, under high...

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A full cost environmental accounting experiment

Herbohn, Kathleen - 2005

A lack of appropriate measurement techniques has constrained full cost environmental accounting (FCEA) experimentation. Yet, there has been little research on the applicability of valuation techniques recently developed by environmental economists within FLEA frameworks. This paper examines a...

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How to change other people's institutions : discursive entrepreneurship and the boundary object of competition/competitiveness in the German banking sector

Langenohl, Andreas - 2008

criteria of organizational legitimacy, concentrating on the sense-making and legitimization processes involved in institutional … commercial banks - who attempted to homogenize the criteria of organizational legitimacy in the German banking sector by …

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Xtending Likages Between Organizational Analysis and Social Structure: A Case Study of the Celebrity-Construction of a Chinese Marketplace

Jacobs, Mark - 2009

focuses on various firm-external social constructions: legitimacy, reputation, and status, and how they impact the emergence …

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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004

What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and nonpayment of wages, in Russia during the 1990s. Existing research on wage arrears most...

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What drives the fledgling practice of social and environmental reporting by Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong?

Taylor, D; Shan, Y - 2007

of legitimacy and stakeholder theories (namely, size of company, media attention, extent of charitable donations and … equity systematic risk) are empirically modelled. The results find that elements of legitimacy theory are less effective than …

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An institutional perspective on retail internationalization success : Home Depot in Chile

Bianchi, Constanza; Arnold, Stephen J. - 2004

. Findings showed that Home Depot lacked legitimacy in Chile because they failed to offer the range of merchandise and store …

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