It is stressed that the brain/mind complex constitutes a monolithic system that functions with emergent properties at several levels of hierarchical organization. These hierarchical levels are non-reducible to one another; they are at least three (neuronal, functional, and semantic), and they function within an interactional plan. From the epistemological view-point, the brain/mind complex uses...

Good implementation of corporate governance principles is considered as an important component for stability and soundness of a financial institution. An extensive body of literature has reviewed the effects of corporate governance on the performance of corporations. The majority of these studies have found more corporate values for implementing the principles. Therefore, the assessment of comp...

corporate governance (cg) is an important effort to ensure accountability and responsibility and is a set of principles, which should be incorporated into every part of the organization. this study focused on the state of corporate governance (cg) in two categories of the banking industries: conventional banks and islamic banks. as conventional banks and islamic banks differ a great deal in the...

there is a number of models and strategies for improving the quality of care such as total quality management, continuous quality improvement and clinical governance. the policy of clinical governance is part of the governments overall strategy for monitoring, assuring and improving in the national health services organization. clinical governance has been introduced as a bridge between manager...

Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) are becoming more mature worldwide. However, despite this growing maturity, longitudinal research on the governance of SDIs is rare. The current research examines the governance history of two SDIs in The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium). Both represent decades-long undertakings to create a large-scale base map. During these processes, SDI governance change...

Clear property right is the core of modern enterprise system, but it can’t become all-powerful medicine to an enterprise because many enterprises with clear property rights in some countries can’t avoid bankruptcy in market competition yet. Good corporate governance as a system arrangement will be good to the organization management operation. The research to the corporate governance of enterpr...

Information Technology (IT) governance decisions usually involve several stakeholders with divergent claims. Past research on IT governance focused on internal stakeholders' responsibilities and roles in IT governance decisions. However, we don’t know much about external stakeholders’ place in IT governance. Based on stakeholder theory, a qualitative research approach is adopted to determine th...

The wide use of technology and the high technology innovation have arisen strategic opportunities from ICT investments. To support the strategic role of technology different ICT governance practices and frameworks have been designed. This paper makes a comparison between two case studies. The principal source of evidence has been the interview. It has been structured to evaluate the ICT governa...

Within a virtual organization, more than one institution might be involved in the regulation of actors’ behavior. Each institution specifies a set of norms covering a specific aspect of the problem domain with a governance scope defining its remit. Together, they govern the participants and reflect the objectives of the organization. With actors’ behavior being simultaneously regulated by more ...