Measuring and theorizing regional governance

Business Process Governance: Theorizing and Empirical Application

Studies by Gartner (2010) or McKinsey (2008) suggest univocally that improving business processes is the undisputed number one priority for organizations world-wide. Hence, organizations need adequate capabilities for Business Process Management (BPM). However, these capabilities do not necessarily need to be developed in the organization itself – an inclusion using other sourcing structures (e...

Rational Choice and Regional Governance

This article presents a “second-generation” rational choice explanation for voluntary regional governance. It identifies the interests that motivate interlocal collaboration and argues that voluntary agreements emerge from a dynamic political contracting process in which benefits exceed the transaction costs of bargaining an agreement. Explanations are presented for how specific community chara...

Theorizing the IT Governance Role in IT Sourcing Research

Previous research has identified significant risks involved in IT sourcing, which can undermine business performance. IT governance research has proposed mechanisms to mitigate some of these risks. While this relationship seems evident, it remains unexplored in most IT sourcing research. Our review of IT sourcing articles published in the top three IS journals shows that, only 48% addressed gov...

Regional Energy Governance and U.S. Carbon Emissions

Enabling Entrepreneurship within Virtual Worlds: Theorizing the Role of Governance and Culture

Recent times are witnessing the emergence of entrepreneurship within virtual worlds (VWs). Although, VWs offer opportunities for entrepreneurial activities, their use for such activities is rather limited. We posit that the lack of an internal governance framework within VWs, specifying the rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations for its different stakeholders is limiting the growth of...