................................................................................................................................. III TABLE OF CONTENTS ...............................................................................................................V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE INNOVATIVE ECONOMY: POLICY IMPLICATIONS...................................................................

The nascent data grid technology aims to make access to globally distributed structured and semi-structured databases possible. However, only integrated, transparent access to such data sources, abstracting not only from distribution and implementation details, but also from the diverse forms of heterogeneity, allows maximum leverage for the envisioned dynamic forms of inter-organisational coop...

Abstract This paper examines inter-organisational behaviours in what we call ‘migrant support ecologies’ – shared physical and abstract spaces where multiple organisations work to help migrants access transition within the labour market. Drawing on composite data generated through studies conducted UK Brazil, argue that actors such environments operate ‘common goal domains’, which objectives ar...

INTRODUCTION The concept of integration, although dating from the 1990s, has only recently appeared in French public health policy. It must be linked with 'coordination', which is the base of most French public policies applied to geriatrics since the 1960s. Herein, we report the French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology working group's findings according to three axes: definition of integra...

A major aim of the Web service platform is the integration of existing software and information systems. Data integration is a central aspect in this context. Traditional techniques for information and data transformation are, however, not sufficient to provide flexible and automatable data integration solutions for Web service-enabled information systems. The difficulties arise from a high deg...

Web Services technology is becoming the de-facto standard for integration of legacy applications within an organisation and for cross organisation enterprise application integration (B2BEAI). Much work has gone into specifying Web Services functionality using workflow like techniques (BPEL4WS, WSCI, WSFL, XLANG) and production of software to enact such descriptions. However, most of this softwa...

This paper addresses the issue of crossorganisational process integration using the Design Structure Matrix (DSM) approach from engineering design. This approach includes a set of generic techniques for minimising iterations within processes, thus reducing the impact of rework on processing times both within single processes and across interconnected processes. The paper focuses on the latter: ...

decentralisation has been described as an empty concept that lacks clarity. yet there is an enduring interest in the process of decentralisation within health systems and public services more generally. many claims about the benefits of decentralisation are not supported by evidence. it may be useful as an organising framework for analysis of health systems but in this context it lacks conceptu...