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The 4th Research Conference “OC research in Western European States” took place in November 2011 in Wiesbaden. The conference was organized by the Bundeskriminalamt and is part of the project “International Research Network on ...
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The 4th Research Conference “OC research in Western European States” took place in November 2011 in Wiesbaden. The conference was organized by the Bundeskriminalamt and is part of the project “International Research Network on Organized Crime”, funded by the European Commission in the framework of the ISEC programme. This article provides an insight into the current state of research on organized crime in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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In the last decades, a host of transnational organizations representing national universities, research organizations and industrial research have been established in Europe. This article gives an empirical account of the role of ...
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In the last decades, a host of transnational organizations representing national universities, research organizations and industrial research have been established in Europe. This article gives an empirical account of the role of transnational organizations in European science and technology policy and of the policy networks established between these organizations and supranational institutions. The analysis shows that because of the strong horizontal and vertical segmentation of transnational cooperation and interest intermediation, science, industry and politics are only weakly linked in European S&T policy. If institutionalized links between the major actors and institutions from different social sub-systems are an indispensable property of an efficient system of innovation, these missing links must be considered a major obstacle for European S&T policy to be successful.
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This article analyses a project by Finnish and Estonian unions to adopt 'organizing model' strategies through establishing the transnational 'Baltic Organising Academy'. Initially aimed at Estonian workplaces, successful campaigns...
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This article analyses a project by Finnish and Estonian unions to adopt 'organizing model' strategies through establishing the transnational 'Baltic Organising Academy'. Initially aimed at Estonian workplaces, successful campaigns inspired Finnish unions to copy the model in Finland. This cooperation was originally motivated by labour market interdependence between the two countries, and the failure of past social-partnership oriented union strategies in Estonia. The willingness of Finnish and Estonian unions to commit resources to transnational cooperation around an 'organizing model' marks a dramatic departure from the unions' previous strategies. This change was accomplished by transnational activists who have developed and raised support for the adoption of an 'organizing model' in the face of structural challenges and ideological opposition by some union officials. The project's transnational organizing exemplifies one possible solution to union weakness in Eastern Europe, and underlines the importance of 'identity work' in building transnational trade union coalitions around organizing.
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Market creation as such is a relevant policy instrument in sustainability transformations that merits further examination. The regulatory creation of the European Union (EU) biofuels market has been a highly contested policy instr...
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Market creation as such is a relevant policy instrument in sustainability transformations that merits further examination. The regulatory creation of the European Union (EU) biofuels market has been a highly contested policy instrument, largely because of its atypical nature, as biofuels became one of the most controversial renewable energies. This paper combines the literature of market organization and meta-organizations as conceptual lenses to analyse the dynamics and challenges of market creation through policy-making with sustainability goals. A longitudinal qualitative analysis of the EU biofuels market in 2003-2015 is conducted to examine contested policy-making and heterogeneous implementation as two key elements shaping the dynamics and outcomes of market organization. The analysis shows that market organization developed as three organizing schemes-favouring a product group, specifying acceptability for the product group, and establishing preferences within the product group-that redefined market boundaries and signalled innovation incentives but potentially undermined the policy goals of market growth. The findings show that this reorganization produced intertemporal discrepancies and tensions between conflicting policy aims, which partly explain the previously observed inconsistencies within transnational market-creation policies. Accordingly, the market organization and meta-organization literature are proposed as useful conceptual tools to analyse sustainability-driven market creation policies. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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This study investigates how transnational interorganizational projects (IOPs) cope with institutional complexity and voids. A case study of a cross-border gas pipeline suggests the coexistence of institutional complexity and voids...
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This study investigates how transnational interorganizational projects (IOPs) cope with institutional complexity and voids. A case study of a cross-border gas pipeline suggests the coexistence of institutional complexity and voids that amplify collaboration hazards in developing transnational IOPs. Institutional complexity harms the feasibility of a unified form of organizing, whereas institutional voids sabotage the ability of involved organizations to collaborate in a market-based approach. A hybrid organization featured by modular structure, complementary advantages, and system integrator, was designed to navigate complex institutional environments. This study contributes to the project–organization–institution linkage by depicting the impacts of institutions on project organizing.
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In both Afghanistan and Iraq, US landpower was able to gain control rapidly over terrain. However, that control ebbed as US presence weakened. Non-state actors, such as the Taliban, the Haqqani network, the Islamic State, and Al Q...
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In both Afghanistan and Iraq, US landpower was able to gain control rapidly over terrain. However, that control ebbed as US presence weakened. Non-state actors, such as the Taliban, the Haqqani network, the Islamic State, and Al Qaeda, gained control of segments of the population. Transnational Criminal Organizations capitalized on this permissive environment to strengthen their networks, often eroding the legitimacy of the host nation government, fueling regional instability, and, ultimately, undermining US policy objectives. The proliferation of deviant globalization, or the connectedness of subversive elements, is a key indicator of future conflict. Strategic landpower is uniquely positioned to influence the physical, psychological, economic, and social interactions of various non-state actors and their association with deviant globalization. It is no longer enough to seize and hold terrain. Landpower must also have the capability to influence the actions and attitudes of populations on that terrain wherever and whenever these interactions occur.
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This is a reprint of a 2008 paper published in the Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective. This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscap...
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This is a reprint of a 2008 paper published in the Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective. This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscape. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IT-related information security in general, and therefore the technicalities around networks and information systems will be avoided as many papers and books cover these subjects extensively. Most security practitioners are familiar with the technical aspects of IT-related attacks (referred to here as cyber attacks or crimes) but not so with the organization and structure of the groups behind these attacks. We will further explore the origins and evolution of TOC, and how it influences and is influenced by today's omnipresent 'speed of thought' digital society.
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This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscape. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IT-related information security in general, and there...
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This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscape. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IT-related information security in general, and therefore the technicalities around networks and information systems will be avoided as many papers and books cover these subjects extensively. Most security practitioners are familiar with the technical aspects of IT-related attacks (referred to here as cyber attacks or crimes) but not so with the organization and structure of the groups behind these attacks. We will further explore the origins and evolution of TOC, and how it influences and is influenced by today's omnipresent 'speed of thought' digital society.
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This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscape. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IT-related information security in general, and there...
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This essay discusses the nature of transnational organized crime (TOC) and its activities affecting today's electronic landscape. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with IT-related information security in general, and therefore the technicalities around networks and information systems will be avoided as many papers and books cover these subjects extensively. Most security practitioners are familiar with the technical aspects of IT-related attacks (referred to here as cyber attacks or crimes) but not so with the organization and structure of the groups behind these attacks. We will further explore the origins and evolution of TOC, and how it influences and is influenced by today's omnipresent 'speed of thought' digital society.
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Despite the attention given to the issue of human trafficking, the empirical base for policy making remains problematic. During the 1920s, the League of Nations pioneered research into human trafficking with the first intercontine...
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Despite the attention given to the issue of human trafficking, the empirical base for policy making remains problematic. During the 1920s, the League of Nations pioneered research into human trafficking with the first intercontinental study. Field work took place in 28 countries across Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean; researchers conducted 6,500 interviews in 14 languages. The fieldwork conducted in Canada, the first and last country to be studied, reveals a great deal about human trafficking research today. The researchers encountered problems familiar to current researchers and their official report contains many of the same conclusions. The discussion here explores the unreliability of statistical estimates, difficulties in researching hidden populations, the lack of cases meeting a legal standard, and claims about the involvement of organized crime. It concludes with comments about the importance of incorporating historical perspective into criminology.
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