What do we know about the politics of corporate governance in emerging markets? Although the state-level institutions have been amply explored, firmlevel dynamics remain under-theorized. Complementing the orthodox emphasis on external finance as causal force behind the adoption of ‘minority shareholder protections’, the article outlines an alternative mechanism for firms operating in political ...

Half a century after Michael Polanyi conceptualised ‘the tacit component’ in personal knowing, management studies has reinvented ‘tacit knowledge’—albeit in ways that squander the advantages of Polanyi’s insights and ignore his faith in ‘spiritual reality’. While tacit knowing challenged the absurdities of sheer objectivity, expressed in a ‘perfect language’, it fused rational knowing, based on...

Chapters 4 through 7 described the current state of information technology (IT) security at 435 higher education institutions. In Chapter 8, we analyzed both quantitative and qualitative data to identify factors that appear to affect institutions’ security outcomes. In this chapter, we synthesize what lessons we have learned about the practice of IT security in higher education. A key advantage...

Many financial institutions are now realizing that information technology is enabling business, not just supporting it. For this reason, financial sectors are changing the way they operate to capitalize on this trend by conducting their day-to-day business operations, namely, business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) using online applications. The proliferation of e-business and...

This paper uses theories of policy learning and of policy-making to examine how global institutions such as the WTO can influence policy choices. In pure learning by doing, policy choices are based on information relating to the history of an active policy; there is no information on alternative policies. New information on priors provides an incentive to choose a different policy. In the case ...

Perceptions of dental schools held by high-level administrators of their parent institutions and officials in the local community have great potential to influence the future of dental education. The intent of this investigation was to gain a preliminary knowledge of such perceptions at seven institutions in the United States and to use this information to formulate hypotheses that can provide ...

With the expansion of higher education across the globe in response to the creation of knowledge economies and learning societies, governments have become increasingly interested in ensuring value for money from their investments. In determining their comparative economic advantage, nation states have increasingly focused on the ̳quality‘ of their education provision and knowledge production. Q...

Introduction Although the Internet was a result of government and university collaboration, the digital tsunami that has blown through various industries has barely affected the way higher education institutions conduct business. However the winds of change are now slowly starting to affect these institutions as colleges and universities take a page from dot.com businesses and ramp up front and...

Studies concerning inmate-on-inmate sexual assaults within male correctional facilities are sparse in the sociological and correctional literatures. Only a few studies have specifically examined the characteristics of male inmate sexual assault targets. The current research sought to address this gap by providing an examination of factors related to victimization likelihood. Using data gathered...