Abstract T his paper contributes to the existing literature by examining the determinants of health financing in 177 developed and developing countries. The study introduces the variables of government effectiveness and control of corruption to capture the impact of governance quality on different mechanisms of health financing. Utilisng panel data analysis, namely system...

The focus of knowledge management (KM) in the construction industry is moving towards capability building for value creation. The study reported by this paper is motivated by recent assertions about the genesis and evolution of knowledge management capability (KMC) in the strategic management field. It attempts to shed light on the governance of learning mechanisms that develop KMC within the c...

Governance at both intergovernmental and UN system level includes oversight of funding volume, modalities and mechanisms. Thus the recommendation to improve governance will ipso facto include oversight of funding modalities and mechanisms. This will be true at the level of the GA, ECOSOC, the Executive Boards and other governance structures. Moreover, agreements reached by the GA on funding wil...

Managing knowledge in multinational companies (MNCs) has been of critical importance not only because of the need to overcome the ever-present competition in globalised market, but also due to the need to tap local knowledge and diffuse global knowledge. Global presence for MNCs means an opportunity to learn from local markets, exploit worldwide experiences, and induce innovation. It is only th...

has been high on the agenda of organisations. Many projects regarding IT governance have been initiated in various companies and government institutions, to achieve better alignment between IT and the organisation and to obtain the necessary involvement of senior business management in the value creation from IT-enabled investments. Prior research has demonstrated a relationship between IT gove...

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the corporate governance of banks. We start by highlighting the main differences between banks and non-financial firms and focus on three characteristics which make banks special: (i) regulation, (ii) the capital structure of banks, and (iii) the complexity and opacity of their business and structure. Next, we discuss the characteristics of corpora...

The most efficient corporate governance structure will vary by firm depending on the costs and benefits of different governance mechanisms. For IPO firms that must select the type of equity offering, Schultz (1993) contends that warrants in equity offerings reduce agency conflicts. We conjecture that IPO firms issue warrants as a substitute for a less effective corporate governance structure, s...

In the enterprise application software industry, dominant system vendors (hubs) have formed strategic partnerships with small software companies (spokes), resulting in the emergence of hub-and-spoke networks. Based upon the concept of software stacks, we argue that the governance mechanisms applied by hub and spokes depend on the complementarity between hub's and spoke's resources. Specifically...