Successful entrepreneurial learning: success factors of adaptive governance of the commons

Drawing on the literature, this paper examines a set of criteria for successful adaptive governance of the commons from an entrepreneurial perspective. These criteria or success factors are definition and boundaries, regulation, learning and training, decision-making processes, and participation of different agents interested in the commons. These success factors are assessed and ranked. Multiple criteria decision analysis is used to assess and rank these success factors of adaptive governance of the commons. More specifically, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to weight each criteria and sub-criteria. This study sheds light on the role of organisational learning and knowledge management in contexts where the commons are at stake. The results indicate that regulation is the most important criterion for adaptive governance of the commons. Correctly establishing decision-making processes and implementing effective learning and training are key success factors of common resource governance.