Governing Interorganizational Relationships: Balancing Formal Governance...

Management Revue;  January 1, 2006 ;   Mellewigt, Thomas; Hoetker, Glenn; Weibel, Antoinette;   787 words ......lead to the greater use of formal governance mechanisms (Mayer/Argyres 2004; Williamson...put its focus on more relational governance mechanisms based largely on trust and social...balance of formal and relational governance mechanisms in managing relationships is the...

Determinants of commitment and opportunism: Integrating and extending...

Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration;  December 1, 1999 ;   Ashwin W Joshi; Rodney L Stump;   787 words ......will be governed using one of two governance mechanisms: markets or hierarchies (Williamson...governance is that a number of governance mechanisms that are "neither markets nor hierarchies...Williamson, 1985). The many new governance mechanisms found in contemporary practice...

Procurement and Governance Management - Development of a Conceptual...

Management Revue;  January 1, 2006 ;   Eriksson, Per Erik;   787 words ......choice of a suitable combination of governance mechanisms (price, trust and authority) for different...planned purchases, in order to tailor governance mechanisms to transaction characteristics. Key...enough between governance structures and governance mechanisms. Hence, it is in ...

Determinants of the Optimum Governance Structure of Firms Investing in a...

International Journal of Management;  June 1, 2007 ;   Chiu, Shih-Kuan; Huang, Han-Sheng;   787 words ......efficiency of location choice and the governance mechanisms in force at those locations are...This paper examines the pattern of governance mechanisms for overseas investment in China...location choice affect the pattern of governance mechanisms for foreign investments in China...

The effect of corporate governance on investment: Evidence from Real...

Real Estate Economics;  September 22, 2006 ;   Hartzell, Jay C. Sun, Libo Titman, Sheridan;   787 words ......investment choices and various governance mechanisms, using a sample of real estate...governance structures. Within the set of governance mechanisms that we examine, we find particularly...Jensen and Meckling 1976). Several governance mechanisms are devised to alleviate these...

News & Analysis: Strategies, Products & Mandates - Corporate governance...

Financial Times Mandate;  June 1, 2007 ;     230 words ......Professor Renneboorg demonstrated that internal governance mechanisms (the presence of blockholders such as institutional investors) had to combine with external governance mechanisms (the takeover market) to generate greater returns...

Governance and takeovers: are public-to-private transactions different...

Accounting and Business Research;  October 1, 2006 ;   Weir, Charlie; Wright, Mike;   787 words ......takeovers are complementary to internal governance mechanisms. We find support for the argument...hostile takeover bid. Internal governance mechanisms relate to the panoply of incentive...consider the substitution of different governance mechanisms and find significant differences...

Governing Explorative R&D Alliances: Searching for Effective Strategies**

Management Revue;  January 1, 2006 ;   Faems, Dries; Janssens, Maddy; Bouwen, René; Van Looy, Bart;   787 words ......literature, we identify formal governance mechanisms as effective tools to mitigate...literature, we argue that such formal governance mechanisms may hamper exploring new technological...characteristics and dynamics of different governance mechanisms within interfirm collaboration...

UNEP calls for strong science in biodiversity protection

Xinhua News Agency;  January 26, 2005 ;     267 words ......Program (UNEP) has called for strong science and effective governance mechanisms to back up the political target of biodiversity protection...Director Klaus Topfer said strong science and effective governance mechanisms are crucial for a significant reduction in the rate of...

Competing Conceptions of University Governance: Negotiating the Perfect...

Journal of Higher Education;  September 1, 2005 ;   Pusser, Brian;   787 words ......authors suggest that institutional governance mechanisms are being transformed by the complexity...national and local postsecondary governance mechanisms. Marginson draws on a number of...have become more elaborate, their governance mechanisms have become increasingly ineffective...

Corporate Governance: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives

Eastern Economic Journal;  April 1, 2005 ;   Goldstein, Don;   787 words ......first presents a highly critical view of traditional governance mechanisms and theories. He argues that corporate insiders engage...that the standard agency view is too limited; corporate governance mechanisms do not work well even in the Anglo-American settings...

Board composition, ownership structure and hostile takeovers: Some UK...

Accounting and Business Research;  April 1, 1999 ;   O'Sullivan, Noel; Wong, Pauline;   787 words ......governance. On the one hand, internal governance mechanisms and hostile takeovers may be seen...occur in companies where strong governance mechanisms exist but nevertheless have proved...undertaken when appropriate internal governance mechanisms exist but are ineffective. The...

An agency theory investigation of medical contractors versus member...

Journal of Managerial Issues;  December 22, 2006 ;   Loughry, Misty L. Elms, Heather;   787 words ......suggests that organizations use governance mechanisms, such as monitoring and incentives...professional firms would use more intense governance mechanisms with contract professionals than...professional organizations to use stronger governance mechanisms with contract professionals. ...

National influences on multinational corporation control system selection.

Management International Review;  April 1, 1999 ;   Hamilton, Robert D., III Kashlak, Roger J.;   787 words ......goals between the principal and agent as well as the governance mechanisms - or control systems - that limit an agent's opportunistic...positivist stream is most concerned with describing the governance mechanisms that solve the agency problem. This research effort also...

Internet Society welcomes WSIS proposal to build on existing Internet...

M2 Presswire;  November 18, 2005 ;     618 words ......welcomes WSIS proposal to build on existing Internet governance mechanisms(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18112005 Tunis...Tunis have affirmed their commitment to build on the governance mechanisms that have enabled the Internet's incredibly successful...