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Governance of public corporations in the United States has operated under the agency model with regulatory strengthening since the passage of Sarbanes‐Oxley legislation. With this foundation in place, boards are empowered to utilise their power and influence and can effectively monitor the actions of management, intervening where necessary. In effect, the rules of engagement embodied in the structure and the law guide interactions and empowerment. The governance model of the mutual funds industry, representing over 8 trillion dollars, is often viewed as a mirror of the corporate world, but upon closer analysis is found to have significant structural differences that dilute the authority of directors. The two models are compared and analysed with recommendations made to strengthen the oversight of mutual funds.

"This study creates a typology of education systems. It uses empirical analysis to deter-mine six types of education governance on the basis of various factors such as the degree of state involvement or funding sources, and structural differences of average time spent on homework or the degree of support for low achievers. It reveals differences in output among these 'types' as measured by student performance, and relative equality of performance. The typology reflects similarities in governance of education among groups of countries, and indicates that common geography and history may be more of a linking factor than expected in a globalized world." (author's abstract)

E-governance is becoming a buzzword. Across the world, we have been hearing about e-governance.as socio-economic issues' expanding day to day, every government has started to extend its administration from high level to low level for mitigating of the various kinds of problems of socio-economic, science and technology, etc. with immense use of electronic devices. Governments worldwide are seeking to harness the potential offered by these new technologies to create new dimensions of economic and social progress. The present paper discusses the need for transformation from traditional governance to e-governance. In addition, it tries to focus on the factors for good governance. This paper specifically addresses the e-government initiatives that have a direct impact on the citizens and in which the citizens derive benefit through direct transactions with the governmental services.

Good Governance has been in argument from three decades in context of theoretical approach. It is specified and encompassed in Political Science of development in reverence of administrative component to achieve Social goals of society. The wide range of Good Governance topic has been understood to create an atmosphere of Accountability, Transparency, Rule of Law, Consensus orientation, Effectiveness and Efficiency so as to develop the region with international and national standards of the State. Good Governors relates to the institutional reformation Process and Political Will regarding Peace and sustainable development of the region.This research paper defines Good Governance with its all essential elements to achieve the development programs with the long range values, whereas, Political participation with the democratic ideas for achieving the goal of maintainable development of the region. The vision of good governance is discussed on boarder vision from institution to the state and Socio-economic factor is emphasized through the good governance reformative period.

Governance steht als Oberbegriff für die Gesamtheit der Formen, mit denen das kollektive und interdependente Handeln von Akteuren und Organisationen koordiniert werden kann. Der Governance-Begriff macht auf ein Doppeltes aufmerksam: Kollektives Handeln zur Erfüllung öffentlicher Aufgaben ist heutzutage in komplexe Strukturen eingebettet und erfolgt über die Kombination unterschiedlicher Steuerungsmodi. Räume und Regionen sind soziale Konstrukte in dem Sinne, als dass sie erst über das soziale Handeln von Akteuren konstituiert werden.

Corporate governance (CG) needs to acknowledge the intentional part of governance, where an actor of governance uses the set of corporate governance mechanisms in order to influence the agent to create a performance that will satisfy the interest of the principal. This paper offers a conception of this activity through the concept of governance strategy. The concept is derived within the context of agency theory and applied to two empirical organisations seldom investigated in CG research: the organisation of a riding school in a democratic not-for-profit association and the organisation of multinational corporations in a business group. ; The project is financed by The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. An earlier version was presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta. Georgia, August 11-16, 2006. The paper has benefited from comments by Elin Smith, Kristianstad University.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit analysiert Maciej Chinalski den Regional Governance Ansatz und seine praktische Umsetzung in den Europäischen Grenzregionen zwischen Deutschland und Polen (Oder-Partnerschaft) sowie im Vierländereck von Österreich, Ungarn, Tschechien und Slowakei (Centrope-Region). Regional Governance gilt als eine Kooperationsform unterschiedlicher regionaler Akteure, die nach neuen Synergien suchen, um ihre Zusammenarbeit voranzutreiben. Eine Region wird dabei als Raum verstärkter Interaktionen zwischen Staat, Zivilgesellschaft und Wirtschaft verstanden.

"Der Begriff der 'New Public Governance' wird von der Autorin als sukzessive Abkehr von hierarchischen Steuerungsformen im öffentlichen Sektor vorgestellt. Sie klärt wesentliche Begriffe der Governance-Diskussion, um sich dann der mikropolitischen Organisationstheorie zuzuwenden. Der Blick auf das interessegeleitete Handeln von Akteuren in den 'Innovationsspielen' des öffentlichen Sektors soll das Wechselspiel zwischen denjenigen, die Reformbestrebungen initiieren bzw. gegen diese opponieren, und ihren jeweiligen Rahmenbedingungen erhellen. Die Haltung der Akteure zu Organisationsreformen wird maßgeblich von deren Interpretation der Maßnahmen bestimmt. Governance-Reformen sind, so Klenk, besondere Innovationsspiele, da sie nicht auf einzelne instrumentelle Schritte beschränkt sind, sondern die grundsätzliche Frage aufwerfen, wie gesellschaftliche Aufgaben erbracht werden sollen. Damit sind maßgebliche Interessen und Kernüberzeugungen der beteiligten Akteure betroffen. Sie stellt sodann die mikropolitischen Effekte bei der Einführung interner Märkte und bei der interorganisationalen Vernetzung vor. Deutlich wird, dass die Gestaltung von Organisationsreformen eine intime Kenntnis der entsprechenden Aushandlungs-, Macht- und Interessenstrukturen voraussetzt, um Innovationshemmnisse und Gründe für Lernblockaden zu erkennen. Veränderungsprozesse beginnen mit der Erfassung der mikropolitischen Arena. Ein mikropolitischer Interventionsansatz existiert jedoch erst in Anfängen. Klenk sieht eine aussichtsreiche Weiterentwicklung mikropolitischer Konzepte in der Verbindung mit Ansätzen des Organisationslernens." (Autorenreferat).

This paper reviews governance and public governance related to an emerging area of policy interest – social innovation. The European Commission's White Paper on European Governance (2001) focused on openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence in public policy as characteristics of good governance. The EC has prioritised social innovation to address policy problems. Yet, the extant literature and research on social innovation is sparse. The paper questions whether it is a new mode of governance which contributes to good governance or a continuum of neoliberal reforms of the state which alters the relationship between the state, market and civil society.