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Polycentric cultural framework for infrastructure procurement in nigeria [PDF]
, 2006 The high failure rate of most infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa is alarming, particularly in Nigeria, where the dearth and deterioration of infrastructure constantly imposes severe constraints on economic growth and development.
Radford, Dennis, Omoregie, Alohan
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A Polycentric Approach to Global Climate Governance
, 2017 As international climate negotiations under the UNFCCC have adopted the goal to limit the increase in global mean temperature to well below 2° C, a highly differentiated—but largely uncoordinated—global climate governance system has emerged.
Marcel J. Dorsch, Christian Flachsland
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Purposeful Management and the Public Good: Relationships, Tensions, and Consequences
Journal 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
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Journal 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
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm
Journal 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
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Historical Perspectives on Deglobalization's Drivers, Outcomes, and Managerial Responses
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The deglobalization process experienced in the early 2020s is not without precedent. This Special Issue leverages business history as a lens to generate new insights and to uncover previously hidden complexities and nuances. Studying previous periods of deglobalization and their varying drivers, outcomes, and responses, the papers in this ...
Andrew Smith +3 more
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Understanding and Addressing the Disruptive Impacts of Contemporary Climate Crises
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Contemporary climate crises, such as wildfires, droughts, floods, and tropical storms, are increasing in frequency, intensity, scale, and duration. Organization and management scholars have been calling for more systematic study of the impacts of this increasing complexity on extant crisis governance arrangements and capacities for ...
Jaco Fourie +6 more
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Sustainable walking tour of the East Village
, 2011 A map of the East Village area of New York City showing sites of interest for sustainability and social innovations.
Green Map System (Firm)
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we adopt the so‐called ‘related’ perspective on business and government relations and propose that they interact and influence one another in governing corporate responsibility. We theorize that private and public governance may operate as complements or substitutes, and conduct a comparative institutional analysis to identify ...
Irene Margaret +2 more
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates memetic interaction as an illustrative example of complex polycentric online communication. Using a chronotopic‐scalar framework, it offers a theorized account of how online (inter)action works, how it is guided by (perceptions of) normativities, and how it is in dialogue with the “offline.” Specifically, I focus on ...
Taraneh Sanei
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