Nature-Based Solutions—Concept, Evaluation, and Governance

Democratic governance and evaluation

The Relationship between Corporate Governance Factors and Accounting Conservatism (Based on Basu\'s Model Evaluation)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of corporate governance, the ownership percentage of major and institutional shareholders, auditor change, audit committee independence, and information asymmetry on accounting conservatism. Basu's model (1997) has been used to evaluate the relationship among variables. The present study is a post-event study, and the research sample includ...

Relation-Based Governance and Competition

Relational governance works well in relatively small communities, which may be too small to allow perfect competition. This paper explores this idea using two models. In a spatial model with monopolistic competition, relational governance constrains the size of firms and can lead to inefficiently excessive entry. In a model where high quality is self-enforcing because its providers get a suffic...

Evaluation of the Neuroendocrine System and the cytokine pattern in warm and cold nature persons.

Introduction: Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM) is accompanied by little side effects in experience. The mechanisms involved in TIM are not much clear. The purpose of this study is assessment of differences of warm and cold nature persons in neuroendocrine system and cytokine pattern (Th1/Th2) of immune responses. Methods: Thirty seven 20 to 40 years old male volunteers were divided into 2 ...

Navigating the Evaluation Web: Evaluation in Swedish Local School Governance

This paper explores the use, functions and constitutive effects of evaluation systems in local school governance, and identifies how contextual factors affect various uses of evaluation in this context. This case study of three Swedish municipalities demonstrates that local evaluation systems are set up to effectively sustain local school governance and ensure compliance with the Education Act ...