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Even an infinite bureaucracy eventually makes a decision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We show that the fact that a political decision filtered through a finite tree of committees gives a determined answer generalises in some sense to infinite trees.
Carmesin, Johannes
core  

Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Rents, Promotion Incentives, and Support for a Non-Democratic Regime [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes the economic foundations of a non-democratic political regime, where the ruling bureaucracy captures rents through collective control over state property and job assignment.
Valery Lazarev
core  

Transforming Procurement: The Dynamic Capabilities and Microfoundations to Buy Circular

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular Procurement (CP) integrates Circular Economy (CE) principles into purchasing decisions to close material loops and retain value across product life cycles. Yet, its adoption remains limited due to persistent barriers within procurement processes.
Francesco Cafforio, Ilaria Giannoccaro
wiley   +1 more source

Bureaucracy and Corruption Taxation Proof [PDF]

open access: yes
Using the Principal-Agent-Supervisor paradigm, we examine in this paper how a tax collection agency changes optimal schemes in order to lessen the occurrence of bribery between the tax collector and the taxpayer. The Principal, who maximizes the expected
Jellal, Mohamed
core   +1 more source

Green Innovation and Firm Efficiency: The Role of Institutional Quality in Italian High‐Tech Manufacturing Sectors

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POLITIK DAN BIROKRASI : NETRALITAS BIROKRASI KOTA SEMARANG PADA PEMILU LEGISLATIF DAN PEMILIHAN PRESIDEN 2014

open access: yesForum Ilmu Sosial, 2014
The research about bureaucratic neutrality is feasible, considering that as a merit system bureaucracy, it is often found that a political bureaucracy (not neutral). This research was conducted in government bureaucracy of Semarang city.
Puji Lestari
doaj  

Re-Imagining Leadership Roles beyond the Shadow of Bureaucracy

open access: yesEducation Sciences
The aim of this conceptual paper is to revisit the relationship between leadership and bureaucracy. The dominant and unquestioned way of thinking about leadership is to equate it as an undertaking exercised by leaders, those officers who occupy ...
Lisa Catherine Ehrich   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions of research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The term 'research' is rarely questioned. It is a term whose meaning seems to be implicitly understood. Certainly there is an institutional bureaucracy which supports 'research', and academic staff are rewarded for their strength in 'research'.
Phillips, R.
core   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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