Governance Capabilities Research Articles

Legal regulation of big data killing

As a new problem arising from algorithm and information abuse in the data age, big data killing is difficult to be regulated by law before the promulgation of the Personal Information Protection Law, and the relevant judicial practice is not mature enough. The implementation of the Personal Information Protection Law clearly prohibits the killing of big data from the perspective of protecting personal information, and makes comprehensive provisions from the three stages of personal information collection, processing and application. However, the relevant regulations are not perfect, and the right to carry personal information and the impact assessment system of personal information protection still need to be clarified. In terms of information compliance, the government and enterprises should build a multi governance mechanism to improve personal information protection and governance capabilities.

Rural Settlement Development in Western China: Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience

Rural development is an essential link in the social governance system, and it is the key to market rural development and enhancing farmers’ living conditions. It is a critical starting point for changing the agricultural landscape and improving agricultural social governance capability. It is also the proper means of encouraging the balanced growth of urban and rural society, as well as traditional wealth. Farmers no longer have to worry about “short of food and clothing,” but “housing challenges” pose a threat to the soundness, harmony, and growth of rural areas, social hazards are increasing, and rural areas in distant western areas continue to create risk and vulnerability of living setting. Most previous studies have focused on economic and regulatory elements; however, this study focuses on the composition of home environment risk factors, as well as the influence of fabric vulnerability, trust vulnerability, and emotional vulnerability produced by risks. To successfully resist residential surroundings threats, improving the effectiveness of risk response and boosting farmers’ resilience are all critical strategies to reduce susceptibility. This study, which employs in-depth interview methodology, explains how the growth of a gorgeous new country must enhance and ensure the safety of farmers’ living surroundings to prevent risk impact, as well as how the country’s resilience should be improved. The findings indicate that, in the technique of rural government, the preservation of living environments is not only one of the primary desires of farmers, but, furthermore, the key to increasing farmers’ flexibility to combat hazards, and also the lone way to come through property rural development. In accordance with the specific situation, the associated countermeasures, square measure, imply: to begin, the highest body’s role placement is treated to weaken the fabric, this weakness caused by the unclear role positioning. Second, we should always encourage excellent communication among subjects about the concept of trust in order to reduce the vulnerability of trust produced by insufficient policy coverage and differences in policy interpretation and knowledge. Third, we should always perceive and satisfy the emotional needs of farmers’ families in order to reduce the emotional vulnerability caused by policies and procedures that neglect their true feelings.

Analyzing the Disaster Preparedness Capability of Local Government Using AHP: Zhengzhou 7.20 Rainstorm Disaster.

This study aimed to identify factors influencing disaster preparedness capability, measure and compare the relative importance of evaluation indicators of preparedness capability in a rainstorm disaster, and analyze the impact of these factors on disaster preparedness so as to improve disaster preparedness capability. The evaluation model was proposed by constructing the target level (the first level) as an indicator system; this was divided into four indicators (the second level): planning, organization, equipment, and education and exercise, and 14 tertiary evaluation indicators (the third level). The validity of the evaluation index system was demonstrated, and the weight of each level was calculated using the Analytic Hierarchical Process and expert survey methods, taking the example of the Zhengzhou "7.20" rainstorm to conduct an empirical analysis of the proposed model. The weak points of disaster preparedness capability were identified. The empirical analysis revealed that organization scored the highest, followed by planning, equipment, and education and exercise, indicating the lack of disaster management equipment and resources, disaster management training, and exercise and public emergency safety education. These results will help in future decision-making, as they provide a clear understanding of what needs to be done to improve disaster preparedness capability.

Shariah capabilities and value propositions of Islamic banking

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the types of Shariah capabilities of Islamic banks, which provide bases for the types of Shariah value propositions, offered by the relationship managers in their front-line service experiences with the customers.Design/methodology/approachA resource-based view of Shariah capabilities and a service-dominant logic view of value propositions are adopted. Fifteen relationship managers from multiple Islamic banks in Pakistan are interviewed to find a typology of Shariah capabilities and a resultant typology of value propositions for Islamic banks.FindingsThe findings suggest that Islamic banks claim to possess five types of Shariah capabilities, namely, Shariah governance capability (SGC), Shariah compliance capability (SCC), Shariah monitoring capability (SMC), Shariah structuring (product) capability (SSC) and Shariah learning capability (SLC). These capabilities lead to four types of values propositions, namely, Shariah identity value (SIV), Riba-free value (RFV), Shariah disclosure value (SDV) and Tangibility value (TV) of the real assets in transactions.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has relied on the front-line experiences of relationship managers who are connected to the Islamic banks’ capabilities inside the banks and the value propositions that they offer to show relationships with customers in front-line service experiences. Other stakeholders may have different perspectives on both capabilities and value propositions.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to Islamic finance theory by theoretically and empirically showing two typologies for the Islamic banks' capabilities and value propositions, respectively.

Governmental Capabilities and Responsiveness: Global Investigations into Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Decarbonization. The Ultimate Super Wicked Problem!

Governmental Capabilities and Responsiveness: Global Investigations into Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Decarbonization. The Ultimate Super Wicked Problem!

Net Benefit on E-Invoice Implementation: Applying the Delone & McLean Information Systems Success Model

E-Invoice is one of the preeminent products of E-Government. It is an application used to make electronic tax invoices and connected to an online website to report VAT. As a tax collection and reporting instrument, E-Invoice is believed to have escalated the government's capability of tax collection since it is more convenient, integrated, transparent, fast, effective, and efficient. It is cutting a lengthy tax administration procedure into a more comprehensive and efficient way. Therefore, the development and adoption of this system are crucial for various countries around the world. Hence, this study aims to analyze the success factor of E-Invoice using Delone and McLean's Information System Success Model. 121 samples were collected from respondents who are experienced in using the E-Invoice. SEM PLS method is used to analyze the data. The results show that the E-Invoice system is not fully integrated, thus affecting the outcome of user satisfaction. Overall, system quality and information quality affect intention to use significantly and positively, while service quality affects intention to use positively but not significantly. Then user satisfaction affects Net Benefit significantly and positively. In the end, the adoption of E-Invoice accelerates the processing of tax invoices and VAT reporting, providing convenience, effectiveness, and efficiency to users.

Dualna praksa, faktori i rešenja za zdravstvene radnike

Dual practice is a phenomenon found in most countries, but it is noticeably more frequent in low-income countries, such as ours. It has been gaining more and more importance lately due to the fact that it may contribute to reducing the already insufficient number of professional health workers in healthcare systems. The reasons that lead to dual practice have not been sufficiently studied. Research results mainly point to economic factors as predictors, but apart from these factors, it is necessary to investigate the prevalence, real consequences, managing this phenomenon, as well as the assessment of the impact of policy measures implemented in this area. Although dual practice is seen as a possible systemic solution to issues such as limited resources (and revenues) in the public sector, low regulatory capacity and the interaction between market forces and human resources, if poorly regulated, it can lead to a conflict of interest as well as resource drain from the public to the private sector. An optimal regulation of the situation and the mobility of health workforce depends on the exceptional circumstances of the country, government capabilities, and the improvement of the health system. At the international level, governments react differently to the phenomenon of dual practice. To recognize the role of dual practice and mobility in the health workforce market, experts advocate more data on dual practice of healthcare workers and the need to integrate these data into national health workforce accounts. The need to develop a national health policy for monitoring dual practice in our country and to develop strategies for mitigating negative effects was highlighted. This paper analyzes the available literature on dual practice, the factors that influence the emergence of this phenomenon, and possible solutions for health workers.

The Path to Improve the Effectiveness of Graduate Ideological and Political Education Based on the Concept of Team Collaboration

Graduate education shoulders the arduous mission of cultivating high-level talents in the country. Graduate education plays an important role in cultivating innovative talents, improving innovation capabilities, serving economic and social development, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. For a long time, there has been a tendency in graduate education to prioritize scientific research and underestimate ideological and political education. This paper adopts the methods of literature review and logical analysis to address the difficulties of a single path and poor effectiveness in the implementation of ideological and political education for graduate students in universities. It briefly discusses the characteristics and practical status of graduate ideological and political education. This paper combines the practical experience of Ningxia University in cultivating graduate students, starting from the concept of team collaboration, proposes the construction of a high-level innovative talent ideological and political education practice path that takes multiple measures and is driven by collaboration, in order to effectively play the role of ideological and political education and improve the effectiveness of ideological and political education.

The Old Norse–Icelandic Hagiography of St Ambrose of Milan: Manuscript Tradition, Sources, and Composition

The Old Norse–Icelandic Hagiography of St Ambrose of Milan: Manuscript Tradition, Sources, and Composition

The Evaluation and Financial Situation Forecast of the Selected Cities of The Eastern Poland

Purpose – The article attempts to answer the question about the current and future financial capabilities of local governments. This study was conducted on the basis of financial situation in 18 cities located in the eastern part of the country, which vary in terms of demographics and functions. Research method – Recognizing and evaluating many processes and financial phenomena occurring in cities is possible due to the financial analysis. Its subject is the diagnosis of their financial situation and the forecast of future money inflows. The analyses’ results, obtained on the basis of the financial forecast model developed with that aim, may constitute a starting point for the local governments’ decisions regarding future financial policies. Results – Maintaining the existing historical trends, resulting in the operational surplus decrease, might cause the limited development potential of the studied cities. In order to counter this situation, it is crucial to take steps to reverse negative identified trends, including the improvement of the net operating result. It seems that in order to achieve that, it is necessary for local governments to take action, and to change central authorities’ policy in relation to the local government subsector. Originality /value /implications /recommendations – Theoretical research was carried out on the financial condition of selected cities in eastern Poland, assessing their current and future financial potential. A financial forecast model was developed and used in the implementation of this research.

The Capability of Pekanbaru City Government to Manage Waste Transportation for the Period of January-June 2021

This research was conducted to describe the capability of the Pekanbaru city government to manage waste in January-June 2021. The city government’s capability was measured by six indicators: institutions, human resources, policies, financial resources, technical capabilities, and leadership. Quantitative data was collected by sending a questionnaire to 101 respondents who are divided into 3 categories, namely: environmental scholars, environmental activists, and others. The data was processed and presented in the form of bar charts and pie charts. This study found that the weakest aspects of the government’s ability were in terms of technical management and leadership, followed by financial resources, policies, human resources, and institutions.

Proactive crime prevention through problem-oriented governance: A case study of South Korea’s recent efforts to tackle new types of fraud

Abstract Police organizations around the world are facing new challenges never previously experienced or anticipated. This is largely due to the advancement in information and communication technology and prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, both of which are reshaping the nature of social relationships. In particular, the prevalence and frequency of online fraud are increasing sharply, resulting in social harm that is also expected to rise without proactive prevention efforts that emasculate criminals when they first attempt to approach potential victims. Drawing on literature for both problem-oriented governance and police innovation, this paper discusses the importance of developing the core capabilities of problem-oriented governance to address many complex, uncertain, and unprecedented crime-related problems that have arisen during the COVID era. Police organizations should continue to learn and adapt, and their anticrime efforts should involve stakeholders other than traditional police force members by developing a consolidated database system to make such efforts more efficient, effective, and sustainable.

Retracted: Application of Artificial Intelligence to Social Governance Capabilities under Public Health Emergencies

Retracted: Application of Artificial Intelligence to Social Governance Capabilities under Public Health Emergencies

Research on the Mechanism and Path of Digital Economy Promoting Green Development of the Agricultural Sector

The rapid development of digital economy can realize the overall reform of Chinese green development of the agricultural sector from productivity to production relations. Digital economy incorporates data elements into green development of the agricultural sector, thus achieving digital governance across agricultural production, farmers' life and rural government services. However, during this period, the imbalance between digital economy and green development level in different regions, the difficulty in adjusting the digital structure of traditional rural industries, and the mismatch of digital governance services have a negative impact on the function of digital economy as an incentive for green development of the agricultural sector. To give full play to the advantages of digital economy in promoting the green development of agriculture, we should actively promote the digital transformation of traditional agriculture, explore the regional differentiation of green agriculture development mode, enhance the government's digital governance capability, and play the role of the government in the institutional protection of agricultural green development.

관광종사원이 지각하는 관광정책이 정책신뢰 및 정책수용성에 미치는 영향: 부산시를 중심으로

This study presented the necessity and desirable operation direction of Busan tourism policy and suggested implications for improving policy trust and policy acceptance, and the following results were derived.BR First, the hypothesis that institutional environmental factors, local government capability factors, and tourism environmental factors, which are sub-factors of tourism policy, will have a significant positive (+) effect on policy trust, but community capability factors were found to have no significant positive effect on tourism policy performance. Second, the hypothesis that local government competency factors, which are sub-factors of tourism policy, will have a significant positive (+) effect on policy acceptance was adopted, but institutional environmental factors, community competency factors, and tourism environment factors did not have a significant positive (+) effect on policy acceptance. Third, the hypothesis that policy trust will have a significant positive (+) effect on policy acceptance was adopted. BR Therefore, in order to improve trust in tourism policies recognized by tourism workers, Busan City and Busan City tourism workers should continuously meet and discuss to develop and maintain sustainable tourism projects, and in this process, exchange between Busan and Busan tourism workers should be actively carried out.

IMPLEMENTATION COBIT 2019 FOR EVALUATION OF HEALTH CLINIC INFORMATION SYSTEM GOVERNANCE IN CENTRAL JAVA

The clinic is one of the small and medium-scale public facilities that provide individual health services with basic and detailed services. The application of information systems in health clinics has been carried out in recent years to support good performance in health services for the community. This study aims to evaluate the capability of information system governance that has been implemented in health clinics. The evaluation of this information system uses COBIT 2019. The latest framework is used as a guide in the evaluation of governance. COBIT 2019 has 10 design factors and 40 domains, which will then be the top domains that will be used to analyze information system capabilities. The results were obtained in several domains, including BAI02, BAI03, and BAI07. Furthermore, the results were obtained from the level of information system capability for each domain, namely the BAI02 domain with level 3 capability, the BAI03 domain with level 4 capability, and the BAI07 domain with level 3 capability. Two domains still have gaps, namely BAI02 and BAI07. Then this research also produces several recommendations to achieve the specified target level, such as being able to build your information system without relying on third parties and being able to design operational standards and guidelines that can be used in the transition to technological change.

The impact of negative oil shocks on military spending and democracy in the oil states of the greater Middle East: Implications for the oil sanctions

This study examines how negative oil shocks affect military expenditures and the quality of democracy in the oil rentier states of the greater Middle East using annual data from 1990 to 2018, inclusive. The theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in oil revenues decreases the government spending on patronages and public goods and may challenge the political power of the incumbent leader. The results of the impulse response functions based on the estimated panel vector autoregressive models indicate that the responses of the military burden and non-military expenditures (as a percentage of GDP) to negative oil shocks become negative and statistically significant after three to four years. Reductions in the financial capability of a rentier government and spending on patronages improve the political environment and quality of democracy. However, this political improvement takes some time to develop as the government may resist the reduction in its expenditures during the initial phase of oil shocks. The policy implication of these results is informative for organizations and policymakers interested in the security and political impact of oil sanctions. Restrictions on oil exports decrease the military spending of the oil rentier states and improve their democracy indices in the long run, although the short-run impacts can be negative. These results are not sensitive to different proxies for oil abundance, alternative data on military expenditures, different indicators of democracy, and different groups of oil-dependent countries.

Smart City, Digitalization and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from 353 Cities in China

The development of digital technology provides new governance methods for achieving the goal of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality”. Since 2013, the pilot construction of smart cities in China has strengthened the government’s digital governance capabilities and significantly influenced the reduction in carbon emissions. This paper provides empirical evidence for the driving effect of digitization on carbon emission reduction based on panel data from 353 cities in China. The results show that digital governance based on smart city construction pilots has significantly reduced regional carbon emissions, and the implementation of smart city construction pilots has reduced regional carbon emissions by an average of 6.6%, and this effect is sustainable over the long term. The increase in the level of digitalization has significantly promoted carbon emission reduction. From the perspective of the impact path, regional green patent innovation has played a significant partial intermediary effect in the process of digitization-driven carbon emission reduction. From a micro-mechanism standpoint, digitization plays a significant role in promoting the green innovation of high-polluting listed companies.

Context and Realities of Policy Implementation in South Africa: Quo Vadis

This paper intends to examine the context and realities of policy implementation in South Africa. This is important because South Africa has over the years crafted good policies but suffers from poor implementation. Scholars, policymakers, non-governmental organisation, and target beneficiaries have advanced various reasons contextualizing the root causes of policy failure in the South African context. Such reasons include but are not restricted to, lack of resources, lack of precision and policy design, incorrect policy instrument, lack of leadership, negligence of relevant actors, and lack of precision and clarity in the implementation stage. This paper discovered that in South Africa, there has been a particular emphasis on the delivery of services with the capacity and capabilities of national, provincial, and local government to advance service delivery, however, challenges have been encountered in the implementation processes. This article concludes that actors of public policy implementation must be seen as formal and have access to ‘implementation structures’ that they can use to advance their own “different interests; values; perceptions and policy preferences during the implementation process. This paper recommends, that the South African government should review the policy implementation strategies with clear contextual considerations to demonstrate the goals. Furthermore, the paper recommends that public policy implementation should be entrusted to suitable government departments that have the necessary administrative capacities.

Economic Improvement of Small and Medium Business through the Utilization of Waste

This research aims to downstream/commercialize integrating the management of export-scale wood products with the potential for waste wood chips and sawdust as an impact, so as to increase village potential and create an environmentally friendly village in Manggung village in order to increase village potential. This research was conducted as a leap in the field ofwood product management and processing of waste wood scraps and sawdust into handicrafts and accessories. Improved financial management and marketing of wood production in Manggung village through improving the quality of human resources as well as export-import training to help increase exports of wood products as well as handicrafts and accessories. By utilizing local potential and local wisdom and increasing the role of persons with disabilities and victims of layoffs through training to increase knowledge and skills by cooperating with the support of the Boyolali District Government. Institutional strengthening of BUMDes Maju Makmur in optimizing the management of wood and wood waste through mentoring, training and provision of supporting equipment as well as improving governance capabilities and establishing teaching factories that will be used to study undergraduate students.