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delivery. Among these, governance networks have become a widespread mechanism for planning and delivering infrastructure …. However, despite substantial public investments in road infrastructure that are made through governance networks, little is …. Although governance networks undertake management functions, it is unclear what drives stakeholder engagement within this …
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integration of network governance in such projects in order to perform successfully. Management recommendations are generated by … in projects. The ability of an organization to develop networks in short time, to form and to manage them becomes thus an …
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The debate about the governance of complex systems of production represents a rich branchof the literature of applied …
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Networks are having a profound impact on the way society is organised at the local, national and international level …. Networks are not ‘business as usual’. The defining feature of networks and a key indicator for their success is the strength … and quality of the interactions between members. This relational power of networks provides the mechanism to bring …
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All three articles in my dissertation gather information from individuals, analyze it, and aggregate that information into forecasts of upcoming events. The motivation is to make forecasts more efficient (accurate and timely), more versatile (provide the most useful information for each...
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This dissertation charts intellectual changes in the way work is valued--both politically and socially--from the 1930s to the present day. It employs both historical and interepretivist methodologies in order to examine the instantiation of a public vision of work during the work relief programs...
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Scholars, politicians, and economic leaders widely believe that an independent, efficient judiciary facilitates economic growth. However, relatively few empirical studies have been conducted to evaluate the relationship between the judiciary and the economy. As a result, we have a limited and an...
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institutional quality and good governance. Surprisingly, economic growth in Latin America may be positively affected by more … authoritarian institutions such as state-owned banks, strong executive leadership, less press freedoms, and those that can control …
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This research considers the likelihood of adoption of and the effectiveness of growth management policy. First, I consider the likelihood that states adopt growth management policies. To conduct this research, I employ the policy diffusion model and add to the economic competition component of...
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This dissertation addresses the problem of informational and legal restrictions on employment screening processes such as educational requirements and standardized testing. For the past two decades, the legal system in the U.S. has struggled with this issue and has labeled certain information or...
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