We are also indebted to the many colleagues and friends at the university of Pittsburgh, University of Strathclyde and university of Gothenburg who listened patiently as we struggled to explain what governance is all about and why we think it is important. The KLM royal wing lounge at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam provided seclusion and a realaxed environment that re like to think adcqanced our thinking on these and realated issues.
Most importantly } sheryn peters and monkika pierre offered the kind o o f support without which any academic project is doomef to fail.