In this paper the authors develop a conceptual framework for appreciating the use of computer-supported argumentation systems in organisational settings undergoing strategic change. More specifically, the authors concentrate on the role of computer-supported argumentation as catalyst for compensating distortions in the outcome of change, originating from the organisation’s power regime. The fra...

Purpose- This article aims to address public value by assessing programs and services' success in a more cost-effective way. The study also investigates how managers elected officials can use guide their decisions on resource allocation create for the citizens. Design/methodology- To meet this study's aims, Mark Moore’s strategic triangle is used as framework study. comprehensive that evaluates...

This paper re-examines findings on information technology outsourcing. Using the resourcebased view, instead of transaction cost theory, explains several anomalies found in previous studies. Results also support the claim that specialization is an adequate proxy for strategic value, and not for asset specificity, as argued in some prior studies.

The Reverse TAC effect occurs when learning of a hard discrimination is facilitated by pre-training on an easier discrimination on the same dimension, even though the response assignments used in pre-training on that easy discrimination are reversed when shifting to the harder discrimination. The Reverse TAC effect has been demonstrated in both animal (Mackintosh and Little, 1970) and human exp...

The article proposes a framework for analysing re-scaling processes and applies it to a case study of the Dutch-German EUREGIO cross-border region. While much of the scale debate focuses on the causes and consequences of re-scaling, the article addresses the conditions and circumstances in which new territorial scales emerge and suggests a framework of necessary components of re-scaling process...

Electronic commerce or business is more than just another way to sustain or enhance existing business practices. Rather, e-commerce is a paradigm shift. It is a `̀ disruptive’’ innovation that is radically changing the traditional way of doing business. The industry is moving so fast because it operates under totally different principles and work rules in the digital economy. A general rule in e...

The incidence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continues to escalate: half the countries in the Region reported a high incidence of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in 2015. WHO responded to an increasing number of outbreaks. These included influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 in Libya, Kuwait and Jordan; avian influenza A (H5N1) in Egypt; MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia and Jordan; chol...