Private and Public Information for Foreign Investment Decisions

The paper investigates how food safety investment decisions are affected on the one hand by laws and on the other by firm’s economic and organizational drivers. The paper shares findings from an empirical study that considers investments in HACCP, Certification, and Traceability in the Italian meat sector. The main finding of the study is that the allocation of the decision rights to invest in food safety explains the patterns of investment decisions observed. The conclusion is that regulatory interventions are more effective if there is a private possibility to allocate investment decision rights with respect to the distribution of information between private and public agents and the degree of uncertainty. The study contributes to the analysis of the allocation of the decision rights in the organization of value chain. Under this innovative view, it empirically shows how regulation and freedom of contract act as drivers of food safety investments. The research is particularly interesting in its policy implication: information regarding the role of these collective bodies will become relevant in the near future in the context of expected changes in the EU’s agricultural policy.

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Home Bias in Foreign Investment Decisions

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.891383 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Qinghai Wang ◽

Dongmin Ke ◽

Lilian K. Ng

Keyword(s):

Foreign Investment ◽

Home Bias ◽

Investment Decisions

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Green IT Project Management

Enterprise Resource Planning ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4153-2.ch062 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1072-1103

Author(s):

Nathalie Bachour

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Public Information ◽

Green Technology ◽

Decision Makers ◽

It Projects ◽

Green It ◽

It Project ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

Private And Public ◽

And Performance

With the constant evolution of technology and the world critical environmental status, all private and public Information Technology (IT) businesses are moving towards sustainability. Faced with influences from government regulations, market competition and constraints, as well as watchdogs, IT decision makers within organizations are forced to ride the green technology wave with a challenging and uncertain approach. This chapter defines methods to optimize Green IT projects for sustainable value creation within organizations. It only focuses on economic viability and environmental impact, but could be stretched out in the future to social aspects. The contributions of this chapter allow the project management community and decision makers to follow a framework for Green IT project success evaluation and performance follow-up throughout the project life cycle and the three levels of the organization: operational, tactical, and strategic. A macro-model is also developed to aid them in successfully selecting, prioritizing, managing, and aligning their Green IT projects with the corporate and environmental strategies.

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Green IT Project Management

Sustainable ICTs and Management Systems for Green Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1839-8.ch007 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 146-178

Author(s):

Nathalie Bachour

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Public Information ◽

Green Technology ◽

Decision Makers ◽

It Projects ◽

Green It ◽

It Project ◽

Sustainable Value ◽

Private And Public ◽

And Performance

With the constant evolution of technology and the world critical environmental status, all private and public Information Technology (IT) businesses are moving towards sustainability. Faced with influences from government regulations, market competition and constraints, as well as watchdogs, IT decision makers within organizations are forced to ride the green technology wave with a challenging and uncertain approach. This chapter defines methods to optimize Green IT projects for sustainable value creation within organizations. It only focuses on economic viability and environmental impact, but could be stretched out in the future to social aspects. The contributions of this chapter allow the project management community and decision makers to follow a framework for Green IT project success evaluation and performance follow-up throughout the project life cycle and the three levels of the organization: operational, tactical, and strategic. A macro-model is also developed to aid them in successfully selecting, prioritizing, managing, and aligning their Green IT projects with the corporate and environmental strategies.

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Conceptualizing Codes of Conduct in Social Networking Communities

Collective Intelligence and E-Learning 2.0 ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-729-4.ch002 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 27-43

Author(s):

Ann Dutton Ewbank ◽

Adam G. Kay ◽

Teresa S. Foulger ◽

Heather L. Carter

Keyword(s):

Social Networking ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Codes Of Conduct ◽

Public Information ◽

Social Responses ◽

Moral Framework ◽

Private And Public ◽

Social Networking Tools

This chapter reviews the capabilities of social networking tools and links those capabilities to recent legal and ethical controversies involving use of social networking tools such as Facebook and MySpace. A social cognitive moral framework is applied to explore and analyze the ethical issues present in these incidents. Three ethical vulnerabilities are identified in the use of social networking tools: 1) the medium provides a magnified forum for public humiliation or hazing, 2) a blurring of boundaries exists between private and public information on social networking sites, and 3) the medium merges individuals’ professional and non-professional identities. Prevalent legal and social responses to these kinds of incidents are considered and implications are suggested for encouraging responsible use. The chapter includes a description of the authors’ current research with preservice students involving an intervention whereby students read and think about real cases where educators use social networking. The intervention was created to improve students’ critical thinking about the ethical issues involved. Recommendations for applying institutional codes of conduct to ethical dilemmas involving online tools are discussed.

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