The study of policy entrepreneurs as agents of change has developed greatly in recent
years, supported by increasingly more sophisticated theoretical and empirical research. In …

Abstract The Paris Agreement formulates the goal of GHG neutrality in the second half of this
century. Given that Nationally Determined Contributions are as yet insufficient, the question …

This study investigates how government support affects digital economy development in
China and whether regional innovation ecosystem resilience mediates this relationship …

As the first country stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, China deployed a policy response
that was chaotic at the start but effective in the end. A complete account to explain China's …

Societal transformations are necessary to address critical global challenges, such as
mitigation of anthropogenic climate change and reaching UN sustainable development …

We study the association between environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
government risk management and firm-level IPO underpricing between 2008 and 2018 …

Big data technologies have been adopted by both the public and private sectors to develop
and expand surveillance capacities. This article traces the institutional processes and …

We analyze the adoption of nonpharmaceutical interventions in the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries during the early phase of the …

When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of
state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's …

Over the past four decades, violence against women (VAW) has come to be seen as a
violation of human rights and an important concern for social policy. Yet government action …