Demand response (DR) is one of the most cost-effective elements of residential and small
industrial building for the purpose of reducing the cost of energy. Today with broadening of …

This chapter provides an economic approach towards DAOs. This chapter details the ideal
qualities for a DAO. Similar to the ideal qualities of a pure firm or perfect market in …

Corporate Governance and Board Decisions takes the reader on an exciting journey
through the principles and practice of corporate governance. Written by two internationally …

This paper uses a new dataset on regional governance in eighty countries since 1950 to
understand its transformation from uniform to differentiated governance. The classic model …

This paper provides a simple model of authority and leadership to discuss the issue of
splitting the roles of CEO and Chairman. The board has the formal authority, but can …

The assignment of authority entitles the decision maker to undertake decisions that impose
externalities on the payoffs of other members of the organization. This paper studies how the …

This paper takes a critical approach to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and proposes a
radical solution involving more direct involvement of civil society and the private sector in …

In decentralized systems, nodes often need to coordinate to access shared resources in a
fair manner. One approach to perform such arbitration is to rely on auction mechanisms …