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Showing result 11 - 15 of 636 swedish dissertations containing the word Governance.

  2. 11. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

    Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE

  4. 12. Predicting IT Governance Performance : A Method for Model-Based Decision Making

    Author : Mårten Simonsson; Pontus Johnson; Wim Van Grembergen; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT governance; IT governance maturity; IT governance performance; Enter-prise Architecture; Bayesian networks.; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Contemporary enterprises are largely dependent on Information Technology (IT), which makes decision making on IT matters important. There are numerous issues that confuse IT decision making, including contradictive business needs, financial constraints, lack of communication between business and IT stakeholders and difficulty in understanding the often heterogeneous and integrated IT systems. READ MORE

  5. 13. Global Adaptation Governance : Evidence from 30 International Organizations, 1990-2017

    Author : Ece Kural; Lisa Maria Dellmuth; Maria-Therese Gustafsson; Harro van Asselt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; global climate adaptation governance; international organisations; global governance; climate adaptation; climate change; international relations; organisational change; issue expansion; bureaucratic politics; internationella relationer; International Relations;

    Abstract : Human adaptation to major climate change and variability is becoming an increasing concern among both scholars and practitioners. This PhD thesis examines the engagement of international organizations (IOs) in the governance of climate change adaptation. READ MORE

  6. 14. Deep Roots and Tangled Branches : Bureaucracy and Collaboration in Natural Resource Governance in South India

    Author : Marcus Wangel; Hans Blomkvist; Nils Hertting; Daniel Nohrstedt; Victor Galaz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collaboration; networks; governance; development administration; bureaucracy; public officials; roles; institutional analysis; informal institutions; rules-in-use; political ethnography; natural resource governance; forest governance; common pool resources; India; Kerala; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This is a study about collaboration within bureaucracies tasked with natural resource management in the contemporary Global South. It seeks to fill a considerable knowledge gap in the extant literature by exploring how individual public officials perceive the policy environment they work in. READ MORE

  7. 15. In (re)search of corporate governance models between markets and hierarchies : The governance of franchising

    Author : Martin Ludvigsson Wallette; Christopher von Koch; Andreas Stephan; Rozenn Perrigot; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; franchising; review; conceptual model; ownership; retailing; financial performance; business model; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The research project started with the purpose of understanding the importance of corporate governance in franchising. The dissertation includes four articles all of which describe the governance of franchising.The first article is a review study using a strategy of systematic search to produce a systematic review. READ MORE