abstract Scholars in management and economics widely share the assumption that
business firms focus on profits only, while it is the task of the state system to provide public …

This review critically assesses a large and growing literature on multiactor environmental
governance. The first section provides an historical and conceptual background to the …

On February 16, 2016, a US court ordered Apple to circumvent the security features of an
iPhone 5C used by one of the terrorists who committed the San Bernardino shootings. Apple …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) have been proliferating for the last twenty years. A
large literature has studied various aspects of this phenomenon. Until recently, however …

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental
politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of …

The concept of external governance seeks to capture the expanding scope of EU rules
beyond EU borders. This article elaborates the theoretical foundations of this concept …

We conceive authority of an international organization as latent in two independent
dimensions: delegation by states to international agents and pooling in collective decision …

This perspective discusses nine conditions for enhancing the performance of
multistakeholder partnerships for sustainable development. Such partnerships have become …

In the process of the EU's eastern enlargement, the Central and Eastern European countries
(CEECs) have undergone a major process of external governance. What are the main …