Research Guides in a Public Policy Environment

This paper scans the studies that have investigated the response of enterprises to public policy reforms and suggests an agenda for future research. It traces the evaluation of the literature on relationship between environment and organization as a backdrop for reviewing the 12 key research papers in the international context. It shows that organizations have responded more to the changes in the regulatory environment than in other types of environment. It also points to the shift from unfocused strategy to focused strategy as a response to the public policy environment. The Indian studies scanned by the paper have covered a vast range from understanding the rationale for the public policy reform to responses in specific industry sectors. Against this scan, the paper suggests an agenda for future research in the areas of disaggregated stud ies, organizational processes in strategy reformulation, learning and innovation, corporate governance, and inter-organizational differences in responses. A significant item on the agenda is the study of response of public policy to changes in the firm's strategy. The paper hopes that the agenda would stimulate the preparation of concrete research proposals that would extend the knowledge base of the interaction between the enterprise and its policy environment.

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The public policy environment for innovative future: Two cases regarding human security

Smart Science, Design & Technology ◽

10.1201/9780429058127-34 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 172-175

Author(s):

Wen-Ling Kung ◽

Shun-Nan Chiang

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Human Security ◽

Policy Environment ◽

The Public

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The changing policy environment for voluntary action from 1979

Continuity and Change in Voluntary Action ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447324836.003.0002 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 19-38

Author(s):

Rose Lindsey ◽

John Mohan ◽

Sarah Bulloch ◽

Elizabeth Metcalfe

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Government Policy ◽

Central Government ◽

Voluntary Sector ◽

Voluntary Action ◽

Policy Environment ◽

Strong Continuity ◽

Policy Deliberation ◽

Policy Measures ◽

Voluntary Organisations

This chapter analyses post-1979 changes in the British political and policy environment for volunteering and voluntary action. It distinguishes between government policy measures targeted at voluntary action by individuals, proposals to encourage the development of voluntary organisations, and the government’s institutionalisation of the voluntary sector by bringing the sector into public policy deliberation. The chapter demonstrates variations in the underlying motivations for government policy, showing how different government administrations have sought to solve certain problems through voluntary action. The chapter draws primarily upon public sources, but also upon archival records of central government deliberations. There has been strong continuity between governments, but there have also been significant differences in the emphasis these have placed on particular elements of policy. All post-1979 governments have supported voluntary action by individuals, at least rhetorically. This chapter identifies differences, however, in relation to how these various governments sought to promote voluntary action; and in how they engaged with voluntary organisations in supporting public policy.

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Mapping the Policy Regulatory Environment of Transnational Education (TNE) in the Ghanaian Tertiary Education System

10.5772/intechopen.99933 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Francis Ansah ◽

Hope Pius Nudzor ◽

Gloria Nyame ◽

Ophelia Affreh

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Education System ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Critical Role ◽

Education Sector ◽

Policy Framework ◽

Policy Environment ◽

Sequential Designs ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

The Government

Given the critical role of public policy in TNE arrangements of countries, and the fact that TNE partnerships are growing steadily in the Ghanaian tertiary education sector, a robust and resilient public policy environment is imperative. However, the public policy environment of TNE partnerships in the tertiary education sector in Ghana is unexamined by any scientific study to guide decision on TNE partnerships in Ghanaian tertiary education institutions (TEIs). Against this backdrop, this chapter examines the level of influence of public policy frameworks on TNE partnerships in TEIs in Ghana to ignite a national discourse on TNE regulation. A multiphase mixed-method research design, informed by exploratory and explanatory sequential designs was adopted for the study. The findings reveal that TNE partnerships are an emerging concept in the Ghanaian tertiary education system with less than 20% of the over 200 TEIs engaged in TNE partnerships. More importantly, the findings indicate that the policy environment of TNE partnerships of TEIs in Ghana is not sufficiently robust because no tailor-made policy regulatory frameworks exist to regulate TNE partnerships in TEIs. To this end, the study concludes that the existing policy regulatory frameworks for the Ghanaian tertiary education system are incapable of helping the country maximise the full benefits of TNE partnerships by ensuring win-win situations for TEIs engaged in TNE partnerships. In view of this, the study recommends that the government should develop a tailor-made policy framework for regulating TNE partnerships in Ghanaian TEIs.

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Políticas públicas, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento local: uma análise a partir do Plano de Manejo na Vila Algodoal (PA)

Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur) ◽

10.34024/rbecotur.2019.v12.6723 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Julio de Pádua Lopes Menezes ◽

Marco Valério de Albuquerque Vinagre ◽

Mayra Hermínia Simões Hamad Farias do Couto ◽

Igor Charles Castor Alves ◽

Kamila Batista da Silva Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Water Supply ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Local Development ◽

Public Policies ◽

Historical Context ◽

Environmental Movement ◽

Management Plan ◽

Point Of View ◽

Policy Environment

O presente artigo apresenta um debate sobre políticas públicas associadas ao meio ambiente. Apresenta como objetivos centrais um levantamento do conceito do que são as políticas públicas do ponto de vista da consolidação da mesma como ciência, a revisão do contexto histórico do movimento ambientalista e exemplos de políticas públicas a partir do plano de manejo da APA Algodoal-Maiandeua, no município de Maracanã no Pará. Identifica-se que, apesar da boa iniciativa da proteção socioambiental pela legislação estabelecida pelo plano de manejo observado na APA Algodoal-Maiandeua, tais políticas não vem sendo, de fato, condizentes com o desenvolvimento local, pois ao analisar os indicadores como o da ocupação, do abastecimento de água e do saneamento, os mesmos demonstram que necessitam ser melhorados, haja vista que uma APA deve integrar o desenvolvimento local sustentável. Public policies, environment and local development: an analysis from the management plan in Vila Algodoal (PA, Brazil) ABSTRACT This article presents a debate on public policies associated to the environment. It presents as central objectives a survey of the concept of public policies from the point of view of the consolidation of the same as science, the revision of the historical context of the environmental movement and examples of public policies from the APA Algodoal-Maiandeua management plan, in the municipality of Maracanã do Pará. It is identified that, despite the good initiative of socio-environmental protection by the legislation established by the management plan observed at the APA Algodoal-Maiandeua, these policies are not in fact consistent with local development, since analyzing indicators such as occupation, water supply and sanitation, they demonstrate that they need to be improved, since an APA should integrate sustainable local development. KEYWORDS: Public Policy; Environment; Local Development.

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