n the wake of the recent corporate scandals, corporate governance practices have received heightened attention. Shareholders, creditors, regulators, and academics are examining the decision-making process in corporations and other organizations and are proposing changes in governance structures to enhance accountability and efficiency. To the extent that these proposals are based on academic re...

Background Ongoing conflict and systematic targeting of health facilities and personnel by the Syrian regime in opposition-controlled areas have contributed to health system and governance mechanisms collapse. Health directorates (HDs) were established in opposition-held areas in 2014 by the interim (opposition) Ministry of Health (MoH), to meet emerging needs. As the local health authori...

This chapter first of all reviews the organizational theory of new institutional economics in order to pave the way in literature and methodology for the study of water governance structure. Then, it proceeds with the basic implications of water governance and finds that the most important output of water governance is to ensure water security. The collective actions for this purpose result in ...

India which takes pride in being one of the leaders in the field of information technology, especially software, however, ranks very low when it comes to Electronic governance-E-governance as it is called. It ranks 77 in a list of 133 countries that have been indexed for E-governance. It is, therefore, obvious that an attitudinal change, a change of mindset among political rulers, bureaucrats a...

Research on outsourcing governance has focused on two modes: formal governance based on a legally binding contract, and relational governance based on a psychological contract between the vendor’s relationship manager and the client’s project manager. Some researchers argue that the two forms of governance are substitutes for each other. Others model them as complements. Here, we find empirical...

lack of scientific and confirmed researches and expert knowledge about evaluation systems for clinical governance development in iran have made studies on different evaluation systems for clinical governance development a necessity. these studies must provide applied strategies to design criteria of implementing clinical governance for hospital's accreditation. this is a descriptive and compara...

Poverty reduction is a function of economic growth, income distribution and distribution changes. Governance can impact both growth and income distribution. The dominant market-enhancing governance paradigm seeks to enhance the efficiency of markets through ‘good governance’ reforms, ostensibly to trigger or sustain growth. ‘Pro-poor’ good governance reforms purport to enhance the scale and eff...