Markets and knowledge commons: Is there a difference between private and community governance of markets?
Erwin Dekker,
Pavel Kuchař
Abstract:It is well-established that market governance can be provided by both public (state) and private organizations. However, the concept of private governance has been used, this article contends, to refer to two distinct forms of non-state governance: private governance and community governance. We distinguish between these two forms, arguing that private governance should be understood as the provision of market governance by (external) private parties, while community governance refers to a process where a grou… Show more
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