Cristofoli, Daniela; Ditillo, Angelo; Liguori, … - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 23 (2010) March, pp. 350-372
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanisms adopted by cities to control the provision of externalized public services and to explore the determinants of such control choices. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the results of a multiple case study based...