Information technology outsourcing (ITO) has been a topic of great interest, one that organization researchers have studied extensively. Previous studies have suggested that ITO research has expanded from one organization and bilateral partnerships to a network form of organization that links multiple organizations and spans inter-organizational boundaries. Yet, little research has been conduct...

Drawing on perspectives from telecommunications policy and neo-Gramscian understandings of international political economy this paper offers an explanation and analysis of the shifting patterns of regulation which have been evident in the telecommunications sector in recent years. It aims to illustrate, explain and explore the implications of the movement of regulatory sovereignty away from the...

The economic integration of Europe, the collapse of Communism, and the rise of three rival economic blocs in North America, East Asia and Europe have significantly reconfigured the world, as has the struggle for hegemony most strikingly reflected in the neo-Conservative United States project for the expansion of American imperial influence. At the same time globalization, economic transformatio...

There are different styles of the Tifinagh script in use according to regional tradition or to the influential modern example adopted by writers or authorities. The styles, all in current use, can be grouped into traditional Tuareg Tifinagh, modern vowelled Tuareg Tifinagh, and neo-Tifinagh (used for Northern Berber). Even within each of these style groups there are variations in how vowels are...

The region of the Middle East is highly conflict-loaded. The absence of one distinct regional power may be considered both cause and consequence of this structural feature. At the same time, there are significant power gaps between states in the Middle East, with Israel among the most powerful actors and accordingly defined as a potential regional power. Due to the specific empirical setting of...