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Frame Overlapping in Moral Markets: The Case of an ‘Open, Free, and Neutral’ Telecommunications Network

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social movement activists, engaged in constructing and expanding moral markets, sustain the integrity of their initial moral values, avoiding dilution or cooptation by conventional market practices. Through a qualitative case study of a telecommunications network, we show that activists can expand a moral market by a ...
Daniel Arenas, Joan Rodón, Mireia Yter
wiley   +1 more source

Political economy of Elinor Ostrom: institutional analysis, commons and polycentric governance

open access: yesRevista Española de Ciencia Política, 2015
Social sciences have experienced the return of institutions into the main research agenda, and a new institutionalism has been developed to understand the role of institutions.
Gonzalo Caballero Miguez   +2 more
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Taking on New Roles to Address 21st Century Problems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Co-creation: Viewing Partnerships through a New Lens, provided a fresh look at public private partnerships and the collective work forged by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP), the Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, and the ...
Patricia Bowie
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Rethinking fuelwood: people, policy and the anatomy of a charcoal supply chain in a decentralizing Peru [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In Peru, as in many developing countries, charcoal is an important source of fuel. We examine the commercial charcoal commodity chain from its production in Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon, to its sale in the national market.
Bennett, Aoife   +3 more
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Purposeful Management and the Public Good: Relationships, Tensions, and Consequences

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Traditional management practices have long prioritized organizational performance and financial growth, primarily serving shareholder interests. However, escalating societal and environmental challenges – such as climate change, human rights violations, the dismantling of democratic institutions, and public health crises – raise questions ...
Gideon D. Markman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polycentricity and state reinforced self-governance: the case of the New York City watersheds governing arrangement

open access: yesEcology and Society
Social-ecological systems are often governed through polycentric governing arrangements comprising independent centers of decision making that interact through coordination, cooperation, competition, and conflict across different functional domains.
Edella C Schlager   +3 more
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Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source

Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Governance: Comparing Centralized and Decentralized Approaches

open access: yesJournal of Central Asian Studies
Climate governance is entering a period of turbulence, with policy reversals in some democracies and rapid expansions elsewhere. This paper compares how centralized, decentralized (federal), and polycentric/hybrid governance designs shape mitigation and ...
Sandra Ingelkofer, Renata Faizova
doaj   +1 more source

Mega-City-Regions: on Awareness and Value Chain Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
Mega-City-Regions (MCR) as a new large-scale urban phenomenon have been gaining attention recently: In research, empirical studies address their functional consistency, and spatial planning policies underline the strategic role of MCRs for territorial ...
Agnes Forster   +2 more
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