Different bodies of literature deal with the question what constitutes innovation capacity of
organizations and of inter-organizational collaborative arrangements or networks. These …

Lintz G. A conceptual framework for analysing inter-municipal cooperation on the
environment, Regional Studies. While there is a wealth of literature on cooperation between …

There has been a vast amount of discussion about the positive and negative regional effect
on policy diffusion. During this debate, the role of neighborhood structure is ignored and the …

Cities are increasingly included in discussions of climate governance and lauded as
sources of innovation, leadership, and experimentation. But can they succeed where states …

ABSTRACT A sociological institutionalist approach known as 'World Society'led by Stanford
sociologist John W. Meyer is a useful way to move beyond the state-and EU-centrism that is …

Public officials in Dresden are concerned about learning from and for rare flood events like
the Elbe river flood in August 2002. This is interesting because research on individual as …

Following the wave of democratization that swept across many developing countries, state
institutions and public administrations have undergone a process of decentralization. Since …