E-Governance is today one of important issues in different agendas of politicians, activists and researchers. The complexity of this topic, blended with the uncertainty of the future generated by ICT revolution, lead to many contradictory interpretations, predictions and analyses. One of spectacular contradictions related with e-governance has to do with developing countries. We consider the co...

  This is undoubtedly recognized that economic performance for each country over time is related to a great extent to its political, institutional and legal environment. In fact, these institutions and policies are that determine the governance quality.   In a panel data study, we applied newly developed indices to examine the effects of good governance on FDI for fifteen middle-income countri...

Richard Saltman and Antonio Duran take up the challenging issue of governance in their article “Governance, Government and the Search for New Provider Models,” and use two case studies of health policy changes in Sweden and Spain to shed light on the subject. In this commentary, I seek to link their conceptualization of governance, especially its interrelated roles at the macro, meso, and micro...

Obwohl zunehmend integrierte Ansätze für Corporate Governance, Ri-siko-und Compliance-Management (GRC) gefordert werden, ist weitestgehend unklar, welche Anforderungen ein solcher Ansatz erfüllen sollte. Dieser Beitrag arbeitet daher Anforderungen an einen strategischen GRC-Management-Ansatz heraus und diskutiert diese anhand einschlägiger Theorien.

A revolution in the governance of global infectious disease threats is under way, accelerated by events triggered by the outbreak of SARS in 2003. This review article analyzes pre-SARS trends in the governance of infectious diseases, examines the impact of the SARS outbreak on these trends, and posits that germ governance is now a criterion of "good governance" in world affairs.

Good corporation governance will facilitate commercial bank to make a scientific decision and operate in an intensivism way. Furthermore, the proper governance model will reduce the moral risk and the converse choice of the management. By comparing the typical governance models of different countries, we can find some principles and ways for our state-owned commercial bank to establish effectiv...

Information technology plays a significant role enabling organisations to achieve their objectives. Accordingly, the governance mechanisms over the organisation’s IT resources must be in place and operating effectively if the organization is to achieve its objectives. The concern with IT governance is not only evident in the private sector but also in the public sector. This study attempts to e...

This study investigates the role of information technologies (IT) in the governance of IT outsourcing relationships. Managers rely on contractual and relational governance to manage IT outsourcing projects. In addition, they use dedicated IT solutions to make the governance more efficient. While the role of IT in supporting the two governance approaches is appreciated in practice, it has not ye...

The governance of IT outsourcing (ITO) has been identified as an essential determinant for ITO success. Prior studies have shed light on effective governance forms in different organizational contexts, but few have studied the association between governance forms and interpersonal networks. With a single case study from a vendor’s perspective in an ITO dyad, this research strives to explore and...

Recently, many respected business leaders have voiced concern that corporate governance in American public companies has moved toward CEO primacy or a "dictatorship of the CEO," and away from traditional notions of shareholder primacy. This article shows that this concern is well-founded. The current system of corporate governance tends toward management indulgences. This is clearly reflected i...