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The efficacy of alternative mechanisms in safeguarding specific investments from opportunism

Vázquez, Rodolfo; Iglesias, Víctor; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 22 (2007) 7, pp. 498-507

. Originality/value – The study adopts a bilateral approach analyzing the effects of the governance mechanisms on both supplier and …

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The ten outsourcing traps to avoid

Power, Mark; Bonifazi, Carlo; Desouza, Kevin C. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 25 (2004) 2, pp. 37-42

As businesses struggle to lower cost and grow revenues, outsourcing initiatives are underway in many small, medium, and large global companies. Outsourcing strategies are considered by many as a “silver bullet” to resolve organizational problems. They have been touted as the “holy grail”...

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Fiat-Chrysler deal: looking for a good returns from M & A

Bertoldi, Bernardo; Giachino, Chiara; Bernard, Stefano; … - In: Journal of Business Strategy 36 (2015) 4, pp. 23-33

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the cross-border acquisition’s process through the Fiat-Chrysler case. Many automotive companies have considered cross-border mergers and acquisition (M & A) as a necessary step to face increasing competition and globalization, but only few...

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The Spare Heirs and Henriksen resort at Surprise lake

Pratt, Catherine - In: Journal of Family Business Management 4 (2014) 2, pp. 213-223

, and governance. It is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate family business and leadership courses; and to facilitate …

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Her treatment at and around the meeting was deplorable: might safeguarding itself constitute abuse?

Hewitt, David - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 15 (2013) 2, pp. 96-106

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report and analyse a recent case, in which the safeguarding procedure adopted by one local authority was criticised by the High Court. It also seeks to identify the key lessons to be learned. Design/methodology/approach – The paper considers the...

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Ethnic enterprise governance: a public choice analysis of Liverpool's Chinatown

Evans, Anthony J. - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 6 (2012) 1, pp. 28-38

governance of Chinatown. This case study is a theoretical application of clubs and interest group theory to ethnic economies … development of “ethnic enterprise governance”. It extends the existing literature on the economic organisation of Chinatown into a …

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Supply governance structures for reverse logistics systems

Aitken, James; Harrison, Alan - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 33 (2013) 6, pp. 745-764

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in governance structures that evolved as reverse … value‐chain governance framework proposed by Gereffi et al. was used to assess changes in governance systems as firms … change. Both forward and reverse product flows for two supply chains were assessed to determine what changes in governance of …

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Housing reform and the new governance of housing in urban China

Quan Zhang, Xing - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 6, pp. 519-525

Discusses housing reform and its impact on the governance of housing in China. The roles of the state and work units …

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Corruption – the challenge to good governance: a South African perspective

Pillay, Soma - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 17 (2004) 7, pp. 586-605

significantly inhibited good governance in the country. South Africa's complex political design is a contributing factor to the rise … and the impact of anti‐corruption measures and agencies; and the impact of corruption on good governance. This paper is a … part of a broader study undertaken on corruption. It addresses issues related to corruption and good governance in the …

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Managing the environment in a decade of administrative reforms in Ghana

Ameyaw Domfeh, Kwame - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 17 (2004) 7, pp. 606-620

Since Ghana gained political independence from British colonial rule in 1957, the country has had a number of administrative reforms that covered varied subjects, including ministerial restructuring, decentralisation, revision of schemes of service and pay and grading systems, motivation and...

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