Supplying Peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Molly M. Melin
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
National Data ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
Political Capacity ◽  
Large N ◽  
Environmental Variations ◽  
And Shifts

This chapter examines the conditions that encourage corporations to engage in proactive peacebuilding. It explains variation in firm-led peacebuilding as a product of the operating environment. These environmental variations offer insights into how corporations respond to local dynamics and shifts in political capacity, as well as threats to the ability to conduct business. The chapter also considers the alternative explanation that firms use peacebuilding to overcome past bad behavior. It tests these arguments on the original cross-national data of peacebuilding efforts. The findings bring large-N empirical analysis to a topic dominated by case studies and emphasize the need for peace science scholars to examine the role of the private sector in many of the topics we study.

scholarly journals Can We Generalize from Case Studies?

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Large N ◽  
Climate Change Politics ◽  
The Comparative Study

This article considers the role of generalization in comparative case studies, using as exemplars the contributions to this special issue on climate change politics. As a research practice, generalization is a logical argument for extending one’s claims beyond the data, positing a connection between events that were studied and those that were not. No methodological tradition is exempt from the requirement to demonstrate a compelling logic of generalization. The article presents a taxonomy of the logics of generalization underlying diverse research methodologies, which often go unstated and unexamined. I introduce the concept of resonance groups, which provide a causeway for cross-system generalization from single case studies. Overall the results suggest that in the comparative study of complex political systems, case study research is, ceteris paribus, on par with large-N research with respect to generalizability.

The Contribution of University Business Incubators to New Knowledge-Based Ventures

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Grimaldi ◽  
Alessandro Grandi
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Technological Knowledge ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This paper examines the role of university business incubators (UBIs) in supporting the creation of new knowledge-based ventures. UBIs are described as effective mechanisms for overcoming weaknesses of the more traditional public incubating institutions. They offer firms a range of university-related benefits, such as access to laboratories and equipment, to scientific and technological knowledge and to networks of key contacts, and the reputation that accrues from affiliation with a university. The empirical analysis is based on the Turin Polytechnic Incubator (TPI) and on case studies of six academic spin-offs hosted at TPI. While TPI does not effectively resolve such problems as inadequate access to funding capital and the lack of management and financial skills in its tenant companies, the networking capacity of incubating programmes is seen as a key characteristic that may help new knowledge-based ventures to overcome such difficulties.

Broadband Infrastructures as a Common and the Role of Local Governments

2013 ◽  
pp. 298-319
Author(s):  
Christos J Bouras ◽  
Petros Ganos ◽  
Vaggelis Kapoulas
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Access Networks ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Operating Environment ◽  
Major Development

Broadband infrastructure is widely viewed as a major development driver. In addition, access to broadband networks is considered by many as a common service to be offered to all. This chapter presents interesting national strategies as well as practices and initiatives of municipalities for to broadband and next generation access networks. It, also, presents five scenarios for business models showing the way in which public agencies and the private sector may work together to offer fibre-to-the-home. Finally, it presents a case study of a Greek inter-municipal company emphasizing to the operating environment, the technical and economic factors, the results of financial analysis, and the assessment of sustainability.

scholarly journals Italian corporate governance rating model: Is it useful in testing all types of corporate governance?

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-335
Author(s):  
Francesca Magli ◽  
Alberto Nobolo ◽  
Matteo Ogliari
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Rating Model ◽  
Ownership Composition ◽  
Large Enterprises

In our empirical analysis the evidence found fully reflects the theoretical characteristics studied in small and medium-sized enterprises rather than large enterprises. The dominant role of the shareholder in small and medium-sized enterprises and the type of ownership composition and structure are fundamental. The analysis of multi-case studies, also, explains the higher scores obtained from the listed companies under the heading of Shareholders protection. These enterprises should be able to provide the means to communicate and should have greater ability to protect shareholders

scholarly journals Collaborative leadership and place-based development

2021 ◽  
pp. 026909422110325
Author(s):  
Kate Broadhurst ◽  
Jennifer Ferreira ◽  
Nigel Berkeley
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Collaborative Leadership ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advanced Economies

Place leadership is at a critical juncture. Since the 1990s, it has been taken for granted that for places to prosper, effective partnerships combining the interests of multiple stakeholders are essential. The leadership of place-based partnerships is crucial to their success and has accordingly received increased attention in academic and policy circles, but the notion of place leadership remains an ideological phenomenon founded on numerous case studies with few conclusions that can be generalised across wider spatial scales or beyond advanced economies. This article examines place leadership through examining England’s local enterprise partnerships, in particular looking at the role of the private sector vis-a-vis the public sector. The complexity of these partnerships is explored, and the article argues for the role of collaborative leadership to address that complexity. It contributes a set of guiding principles to guide new ways for place-based working that can better embrace the private sector and engender a more collaborative leadership practice.

The Institutionalization of Religious Organizations in Muslim-Majority Countries: Statistical Evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-140
Author(s):  
Vineeta Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variation ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Statistical Evidence ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Large N ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This chapter begins the empirical analysis in this book. It first presents the logic and the details of the research design adopted to test the two hypotheses and their associated corollaries. The research design combines large-N analysis of a comprehensive set of 49 Muslim-majority countries from 1970 to 2016 with in-depth case studies of two insightful cases—Turkey and Pakistan. The cases are selected to leverage the advantages of temporal variation in all the theoretically important factors within each country using a within-subjects design. The rest of the chapter introduces a new measure of religious organizations’ socioeconomic institutionalization and the sample used in the analysis. It then presents the results from systematic tests of Hypothesis 1 and its corollaries, explaining when religious organizations experience an increase in their institutionalization. The tests provide strong and robust support for the first part of the argument.

Empirical Analysis of Clinical Evaluations on Children Involved in the Child Protection System: The Role of Age and Gender

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Felix ◽  
Anjali T. Naik-Polan ◽  
Christine Sloss ◽  
Lashaunda Poindexter ◽  
Karen S. Budd
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Clinical Evaluations ◽  
And Gender
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