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Three myths of internet governance considered in the context of the UK

open access: yesPrometheus, 2004
Discussion of Internet governance has been shaped by three myths; that the market can decide, that the Internet is different to ‘legacy’ media, and that national governance is unimportant. This paper challenges these three myths through an examination of
Richard Collins
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EXAMINING THE CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE IN TOURISM RESEARCH

open access: yesTourism and hospitality management, 2021
Purpose – Governance is a polysemous concept that has been gaining the attention of social scientists and humanists over the last three decades. Tourism governance studies have mirrored the knowledge developed within traditional disciplines to analyse processes in different spheres of action.
Isabel Angelica Bock   +3 more
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Factors Influencing Corporate Governance in post-Socialist Companies: an Analytical Framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In explaining the corporate governance performance of post-socialist companies, this article identifies four factors of influence: (1) pressure from majority shareholders, (2) pressure from outside minority shareholders, (3) pressure resulting from ...
Heinrich, Andreas   +2 more
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Sustainability of Zayande-Rood’s Water Governance Regimes in the Course of Development [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2017
Iran has reached critical level of water crisis, although long been facing water scarcity. Currently, the belief gained ground that the challenges of today and tomorrow are more related to poor governance than water shortage and the main strategy to cope
علی یوسفی   +3 more
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Examining the situation and implementation solutions of data governance in organizations (Islamic Azad University case study) [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Information Processing & Management
With the formation of data and the rapid and diverse expansion of big data at the level of the country and organizations, many opportunities, threats, challenges and events have arisen, and this has caused us to face a serious need, and that is to use ...
mohsen finizadeh bidgoli   +3 more
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Government Examination of Thermometers. [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1907
ASHEVILLE, N. C. Feb. 25, 1907. To the Editor: —Some time ago I wrote of the unreliability of clinical thermometers sold in this country under the maker's certificate. I have recently investigated this matter further, and as in the diagnosis of certain diseases the accuracy of thermometers even to a few tenths of a degree is of importance, it seems ...
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Democratising biotechnology?: Deliberation, participation and social regulation in a neo-liberal world [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There is now significant policy and academic interest in the governance of science and technology for sustainable development. In recent years this has come to include a growing emphasis on issues of public understanding of science and innovative ...
Newell, Peter
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The Strengthening Government Policies on Mineral and Coal Mining to Achieve Environmental Sustainability in Indonesia, Africa and Germany

open access: yesBestuur, 2023
Indonesia has enacted a number of regulations dealing with issues of mining governance, and governance. However, the issuance of these various laws and regulations has resulted in illegal mining crimes resulting in environmental damage.
Suwari Akhmaddhian   +2 more
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Relinquishing and Governing the Volatile: The Many Afghanistans and Critical Research Agendas of NATO's Governance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article invites academics and policy analysts to examine the mechanisms and legacy of NATO's security and development governance of Afghan social spaces by using critical theory concepts.
Abbaszadeh Nima   +23 more
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AN ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT CARDIOVASCULAR EXAMINATIONS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association, 1918
These statistics have been compiled from the cardiovascular examinations of members of the Twenty-Eighth Division, N. G., recently completed. The total strength of the command approximated 35,000 men, of which number 1.11 per cent. were recommended for discharge, which recommendations form the basis of this analysis.
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