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Performativity and convergence in comparative corporate governance
We engage with the convergence/divergence debate in the comparative study of corporate governance by commending a nuanced formulation of the convergence thesis. Directing attention to the precarious constitution and adoption of knowledge claims about corporate status and architecture in the field of corporate governance we suggest that the study of comparative corporate governance might usefully incorporate consideration of claims about corporate governance as potentially performative statements that function to stabilize particular ideas of status and architecture of the modern corporation with substantive outcomes for political economy, thereby influencing the shape of the institutions comprising the field of corporate governance. We conclude that the predominantly epistemological preoccupations of participants in the convergence/divergence debate could be usefully refined and supplemented by giving closer attention, empirical as well as theoretical, to the relation between performativity, convergence/divergence, and political economy
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Social ontology and the modern corporation
In an assessment of Lawsonâs social ontological analysis of the modern corporation, we consider what is marginalized: the significance of the status and the effects of the separate legal entity (SLE). The SLE is conceived as a specific type of construct that is ascribed particular properties through its stabilization within and between different (legal and economic) discourses. By showing how the SLE, as a reified construct, is rendered meaningful, real and/or consequential, we illustrate how the âsocial ontologyâ of the modern corporation is radically contingent and inescapably contested. Given that the social ontology of the corporation defies definitive specification, we regard the prospect of the completeness of its disclosure (e.g. by foregrounding a specific referent) as problematic. Indeed, any account of social ontology that foregrounds a specific referent is seen to obscure a political process in which the stabilization of the SLE rests on the contingent foregrounding of particular priorities. This leads us to reflect on the power-inflected social organization of knowledge generation. Key to the explication of social ontology, and with specific reference to the corporation, is not, as Lawson contends, the concept of âcommunityâ but the inescapability of contestation within relations of power that translate ontological openness into specific but precarious forms of ontic closure
Customer attractiveness, supplier satisfaction and preferred customer status: a review and a cycle model
In this paper, we introduce the concept of preferred customer status, i.e. a buyer is awarded
preferential treatment of its important suppliers compared to their other customers. As there is
a lack of knowledge of what motivates suppliers to serve selected buyers better than others,
our research focuses on the suppliersâ evaluation of customers and how it can be influenced
by buyers. Based on social exchange theory, we provide a conceptual model which proposes
customer attractiveness, supplier satisfaction and knowledge of alternative customers as factors
influencing suppliers to award preferred customer status. Subsequently, a literature review
is provided to give an overview of the drivers of customer attractiveness, supplier satisfaction
and preferred customer status already analysed in current literature. We conclude by
providing a preliminary conceptual framework and suggesting future research directions in
this field. This article proposes new insights into supplier relationship management and offers
a state-of-the-art analysis as well as a theoretical base to this new research field
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Convergent and divergent trajectories of corporate governance
This Special Issue revisits the classic question of comparative corporate governance research, namely whether national corporate governance systems are converging. More specifically, it focuses on several âconvergence vectorsâ which comprise the political, legal, economic and social arrangements that influence or drive the international trajectories of governance systems towards a common denominator. Taken together, the contributors to this Special Issue invite us to think critically about the functional explanations commonly mobilized in favour of convergence and consider instead the convergence debate from a broader and more interdisciplinary point of view
Forbidden subgraphs that imply hamiltonian-connectedness
It is proven that if G is a 3âconnected clawâfree graph which is also H1âfree (where H1 consists of two disjoint triangles connected by an edge), then G is hamiltonianâconnected. Also, examples will be described that determine a finite family of graphs equation image such that if a 3âconnected graph being clawâfree and Lâfree implies G is hamiltonianâconnected, then L equation imag
Branching of the Falkner-Skan solutions for λ < 0
The Falkner-Skan equation f'" + ff" + λ(1 - f'^2) = 0, f(0) = f'(0) = 0, is discussed for λ < 0. Two types of problems, one with f'(â) = 1 and another with f'(â) = -1, are considered. For λ = 0- a close relation between these two types is found. For λ < -1 both types of problem allow multiple solutions which may be distinguished by an integer N denoting the number of zeros of f' - 1. The numerical results indicate that the solution branches with f'(â) = 1 and those with f'(â) = -1 tend towards a common limit curve as N increases indefinitely. Finally a periodic solution, existing for λ < -1, is presented.
Protecting Long-term Commitment: Legal and Organizational Means
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