Global Public Policy Institute

Credit the advice, own the choice: governing expertise in German policymaking

Abstract Democratic governments depend on expertise. Yet expert authority becomes fragile when advisory roles remain ill-defined, evidentiary and decision pathways cannot be reconstructed, disagreement is submerged beneath claims of consensus, or democratically accountable decisi...

Institutional hiring strategies and research performance: alumni versus non-alumni faculty in business schools

Faculty recruitment strategies, particularly the debate over hiring alumni versus non-alumni candidates, represent a longstanding concern in higher education management. This study investigates whether alumni or non-alumni faculty achieve superior research performance, drawing on...