Institute on Governance

Beyond Board Governance: Does the External Governance Ecosystem Enhance Corporate Value in Emerging Markets? Evidence from Listed Nigerian Banking Institutions

Purpose This study investigates whether the external governance ecosystem enhances the corporate value of listed Nigerian banking institutions. Moving beyond the traditional board-centric approach, it examines the influence of regulatory oversight, external audit quality, and env...

Aligning climate policy with energy justice through remedial stakeholder theory

We contribute to this special issue by exploring climate policy and energy justice through the lens of remedial stakeholder theory. While stakeholder theory traditionally focuses on present and forward-looking relationships, we argue that climate change and the energy transition...

Influence of the mentoring relationship between board chairs and women CEOs on firm performance in Australia: a social role perspective

Abstract Underrepresentation of women in CEO and board-chair roles persists despite decades of scholarly effort, posing a major societal concern by depriving societies of the positive contributions of women’s leadership. While existing studies have predominantly investigated boar...

Determinants of E-government interoperability capabilities for social welfare data integration in Gunung Kidul and Bangkalan Regencies, Indonesia

This study examines the interoperability capabilities associated with social welfare data integration in Gunung Kidul and Bangkalan Regencies, Indonesia. Drawing on the interoperability capability framework, interoperability is conceptualized as a combination of organizational, i...

Spatiotemporal Prediction-Driven Model Predictive Control for Vehicle–Aircraft Conflict Resolution on Airport Surface

The increasing density and complexity of airport surface operations have intensified the risk of crossing conflicts between ground service vehicles and taxiing aircraft. Such interactions are characterized by strong spatiotemporal coupling, asymmetric right-of-way relationships,...

Hybridized advisory system: ministerial advisors and donor co-principalship in developing countries

Ministerial advisors have become increasingly prominent actors in policy advisory systems, yet existing scholarship draws largely from the Global North, leaving significant gaps in understanding their roles in developing countries. Drawing on primary data, this study examines rec...

The Impact of Sustainability Audit on Climate Change Performance: The Role of Governance Quality and Greenwashing

ABSTRACT This study investigates how sustainability audit quality influences corporate climate change performance and examines the moderating roles of governance quality and greenwashing. Using panel regressions on 6140 firm‐year observations from 39 countries between 2008 and 20...

Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change to Support Food Security in Vulnerable Communities Across Central Africa

Climate change remains to cripple food security across Central Africa, where a large proportion of the population depends on rain-fed agriculture survival. This study evaluated the environmental, economic, energy and agricultural factors shaping climate resilience and food securi...

Artificial Intelligence Governance and Sustainable Industrial Transformation in the Era of Industry 5.0

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, big data analytics, and intelligent industrial systems has accelerated global industrial transformation. While Industry 4.0 emphasised automation and efficiency, concerns regarding inequality, labour displacement, cyb...

Daron L. Davis Academic CV — August 30, 2026

This academic curriculum vitae documents the education, research program, manuscripts under review, framework and conceptual records, conference activity, peer-review service, invited scholarly and public engagement, policy engagement, public scholarship and media, teaching and p...

Exploring meaningful work as a buffer for psychological well-being for women entrepreneurs: does caregiving responsibility matter?

Purpose Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study explores how meaningful work mitigates caregiving responsibility and psychological well-being among women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 360 women engage...

Community-Based Nursing Interventions, Discharge Planning and Hospital Readmissions in Nyandeni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Background Chronic diseases place a substantial pressure on healthcare systems, particularly in resource-constrained rural settings. Community-based nursing interventions and effective discharge planning are recognised as key strategies for improving continuity of care and reduci...

TSUMS MAX-STACK Full Replay Engine v1.0 Final: A Public-Layer Governance Lifecycle Replay and Cross-Ledger Compilation Framework

TSUMS MAX-STACK Full Replay Engine v1.0 Final is a Public-Layer governance lifecycle replay and cross-ledger compilation framework. It compiles known facts, missing records, duty signals, decision nodes, accountability mappings, stop-loss points, evidence chains, ledger bridges,...

TSUMS MAX-STACK Full Replay Engine v1.0 Final: A Public-Layer Governance Lifecycle Replay and Cross-Ledger Compilation Framework

TSUMS MAX-STACK Full Replay Engine v1.0 Final is a Public-Layer governance lifecycle replay and cross-ledger compilation framework. It compiles known facts, missing records, duty signals, decision nodes, accountability mappings, stop-loss points, evidence chains, ledger bridges,...

Daron L. Davis — One-Page Academic Curriculum Vitae

One-page academic curriculum vitae for Daron L. Davis, Independent Scholar and Black Governance Researcher. This August 11, 2026 harmonized edition presents the Institutional Authority Dynamics research enterprise, current five-manuscript publication program, doctoral research di...

The Picken Complete Taxonomy for AI Governance: A Unified Instrument Framework for Board-Level AI Governance Assessment, Liability Pricing, and Sector Contagion Modelling

AI governance research has, to date, developed largely as a series of independent instruments, each addressing a discrete failure mode — regulatory exposure, vendor credibility, sector-specific liability — without a unifying framework describing how these instruments relate to on...

The Neurodivergent Economy: A Complete Framework for Neurodivergent Inclusion, Governance, and Societal Repair (PANDIV Series, Papers 1–7)

The PANDIV series extends the SEND governance failure documented in PASEND (SSRN 6765758) to its full moral and economic consequence, establishing the systematic destruction of neurodivergent human capital as a quantifiable, repairable governance failure. The series introduces th...

Housing opacity in North America and beyond: a feasibility study

The availability and access to rental ownership data have become a growing topic of interest among academics, housing organisations, policy makers, and advocacy groups. It is increasingly obvious that data infrastructures play a big role in facilitating the access, workability, a...