This analysis uses Senegal as a test case to study the assumptions made by the governance agenda. Afer briefly charting the growth of the governance model and the theoretical assumptions on which it rests, the study outlines an alternative view of state action based on legitimacy and survival. The bulk of the study examines the economic reform process in Senegal, and argues that the governance ...

Organizational decision-makers are confronted with pervasive Information Technology. Investments in Information Technology form a large portion of total investments, requiring a focus on the governance of IT. One prevalent IT Governance Framework is COBIT 5. Despite its widespread use, there is a claimed lack of research on COBIT 5. To validate this claim, we have looked at academic literature ...

This article critically examines engagements of village leaders in an NGO-facilitated participatory conservation program in eastern Indonesia. It explores how the program's implementation strengthened leadership legitimacy of a dominant customary social group. Customary leaders ensured distribution according to particular norms, and in organizing village governance upheld specific interests and...

Despite mounting evidence on the potential benefits of inbound open innovation, little is known about how firms purposefully manage inflows of knowledge. We investigate the use of two knowledge governance procedures—project management and knowledge matching—in collaborative inbound open innovation. Our findings suggest that, in addition to “knowledge-precursors,” which the literature on open in...

Despite mounting evidence on the potential benefits of inbound open innovation, little is known about how firms purposefully manage inflows of knowledge. We investigate the use of two knowledge governance procedures—project management and knowledge matching—in collaborative inbound open innovation. Our findings suggest that, in addition to “knowledge-precursors,” which the literature on open in...