Abstract Cross-border cooperation can be an example of a non-hierarchical co-governance tool based on the principle multi-level governance, which was successfully implemented mainly thanks to European integration as part building EU territorial cohesion. As new tool, it has not been limited by experience public administration organizations date, and is largely coopetition aimed at more effectiv...

Nowadays organizations require an effective governance framework for their service-oriented architecture (SOA) in order to enable them to use a framework to evaluate their current state governance and determine the governance requirements, and then to offer a suitable model for their governance. Various frameworks have been developed to evaluate the SOA governance. In this paper, a brief introd...

This paper sets out a theoretical framework for analyzing board governance, and describes an empirical study of corporate governance practices in a subset of non-profit organizations (hospices in the UK). It examines how practices in hospice governance compare with what is known about effective board working. We found that key strengths of hospice boards included a strong focus on the mission a...

The growing acceptance of ‘‘governance’’ as an organizing concept for public management reform reflects a widespread, though not universal, belief that the focus of administrative practice is shifting from hierarchical government toward greater reliance on horizontal, hybridized, and associational forms of governance. Recent arguments to this effect, however, make limited recourse to the body o...

Global health refers to 'those health issues which transcend national boundaries and governments and call for actions on the global forces and global flows that determine the health of people'. (Kickbusch 2006) Governance in this trans-national and cross-cutting arena can be analyzed along three political spaces: global health governance, global governance for health, and governance for global ...

Information technology outsourcing (ITO) has been a topic of great interest, one that organization researchers have studied extensively. Previous studies have suggested that ITO research has expanded from one organization and bilateral partnerships to a network form of organization that links multiple organizations and spans inter-organizational boundaries. Yet, little research has been conduct...

To increase the value of data as a business asset, companies and government organizations need to establish standards, policies, and processes for the usage, development, and management of data, to create the right organizational structure, and to develop the supporting technology infrastructure. As a practice with roots in corporate and information technology (IT) governance, data governance e...

This paper presents a case study of the implementation of a sophisticated internal performance monitoring system by the service division of a valueadded reseller of Canon products in Denmark. This new control system could not only aid in controlling cost and productivity but could also monitor customer service and quality levels. Although the new system was implemented with exceptional technica...

Governance is a way of exercising power in economic and social resource management of a country. Good governance criteria have different weights and relation with regard to the conditions and information of any country. This study is a descriptive survey and has been carried out to calculate the coefficients and weights of each indicator of good governance in Mena countries and identification o...

In the Future Internet vision, multiple services coming from heterogeneous organizations have to collaborate together in order to achieve the customers’ demands from both functional and non-functional point of view. Hence, it is necessary, within an organization, to put in place an interoperable approach that ensures the best functioning control and selection of services. This paper presents a ...