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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2009
Regulation continues to be an important issue in the postal and delivery sector of the global economy. This latest volume of the series covers progress made in the competitive agenda in the industry. It is global in scope and addresses topics of great importance to scholars and practitioners of...
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Regulation, deregulation, reregulation : institutional perspectives
Ménard, Claude (contributor); Ghertman, Michel (contributor) - 2009
central message of new institutional economics: that theory should be continuously confronted by facts, and reformed or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851101
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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?
Ahmad, Ehtisham (contributor); Brosio, Giorgio (contributor) - 2009
Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert contributors address this fundamental question facing policy-makers in developing as well as advanced countries. This timely book builds upon insights on the recent developments in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851217
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Competition and regulation in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2008
Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851294
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The handbook of innovation and services : a multi-disciplinary perspective
Gallouj, Fai͏̈z (contributor);  … - 2010
pt. I. Services and innovation : conceptual and analytical frameworks -- pt. II. The nature of innovation in services : sectoral analyses and case studies -- pt. III. Organisational and strategic patterns for service innovation -- pt. IV. Innovation in services and through services : impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851843
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Innovation in public sector services : entrepreneurship, creativity and management
Windrum, Paul (contributor); Koch, Per M. (contributor) - 2008
This groundbreaking book provides new key insights and opens up an important research agenda. The book develops a new taxonomy of the different types of innovation found in public sector services, and investigates the key features and drivers of public sector entrepreneurship. The book contains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852048
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The economics of evaluation in public programs
Link, Albert N. - 2011
competing visions of benefit-cost analysis', Land Economics, 85, 3-23. -- Bewley, T.F. (1981), 'A critique of Tiebout's theory …), 'Profit maximizing communities and the theory of local public expenditures', Journal of Urban Economics, 5, 263 …', Journal of Urban Economics, 7, 102-18. -- Tiebout, C. (1956), 'A pure theory of local public expenditures,' Journal of …
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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress
Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007
Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420011
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International handbook on economic regulation
Parker, David (contributor); Crew, Michael A. (contributor) - 2006
Handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of major developments in both the theory and practice of regulatory economics …Development in the theory and practice of regulatory economics / Michael A. Crew and David Parker -- Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851346
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Elgar encyclopedia of healthcare management
Lega, Federico (ed.) - 2023
"Management practices within the healthcare sector are shaped by a multitude of professional, social, political and technical factors. This Elgar Encyclopedia of Healthcare Management provides insights and definitions on essential themes that clarify complexity and specificity of leading within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372525