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"Business, Society and Global Governance is a comprehensive read for both upper-and lower-division undergraduate business or general education students. It offers the reader a thorough understanding of government's roles with business and the skills necessary to create and maintain successful relations with government. At the same time, it defines the roles business can play with government that are compatible with its own needs to achieve corporate objectives and fulfil corporate responsibilities. Business and governments need to operate in global contexts, and so the text concludes with several chapter regarding a variety of global business and governance structures. In this new edition the role of the nonprofit sector is also highlighted. It takes on a practical approach which integrates the political, economic, and social theories with business and government practices whilst allowing for an interdisciplinary perspective and opportunities for skill-building. This text also offers key learning resources, including key terms, cases studies, study questions and chapter summaries, which result in an accessible and supportive textbook for those looking to learn more about business-government relations in a societal context"--

In 2005, Congress passed the Real ID Act despite decades of stalemate in reforming the U.S. national ID system. Using John Kingdon's policy streams framework, the authors examine the development of reform ideas, the opening of a policy window and the shift in the national mood after the 9/11 attacks, and the legislative tactics by the George W. Bush administration that led to the passage of the act. The analysis illustrates the significance of policy entrepreneurship in national crises but also raises questions about the permanency of policy reforms and the ethical responsibilities of public administrators in such times.

"Outcome" orientation has been emphasized in performance measurement and reporting in recent years. Using budgetary documents of the largest cities in the United States, this paper analyzes more than 4,800 performance measures reported by 21 cities to show that clear progress toward outcome‐oriented performance measurement has been made. It also shows that the selection of performance measures differs among types of municipal services and is driven partly by professionalism in city management and the influence of professional organizations. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the findings and potential future improvements of performance reporting.

Recently, many studies have emerged to document how the public sector uses the Internet to provide information and services, but very few have analyzed the factors that influence the adoption decision of e-government features. This study proposes a model of innovation adoption that integrates internal organizational factors and external peer influence and empirically tests how these factors influence Iowa county treasurers' decisions to launch a departmental Web site and adopt other e-government features. Our results show that the factors influencing these two decisions are different but that both decisions are driven by the concerns about staff resistance. The authors conclude by discussing the implications of these findings for policy makers and directions for future research on e-government development.

This study compares the experiences of Shanghai in China and Los Angeles in the United States to illustrate four tension points in pandemic responses: immediacy versus thoroughness, transparency versus secrecy and security, centralization versus decentralization, and state-driven solutions versus coproduction. Based on the case analysis, strategic management and planning practices in six stages of pandemic response are recommended. The study also suggests research questions for future comparative research to examine more carefully how pandemic responses should vary due to institutional differences and local contextualization and adaptation.