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Regulation, deregulation, reregulation : institutional perspectives

Ménard, Claude (contributor); Ghertman, Michel (contributor) - 2009

Building on Oliver Williamson's original analysis, the contributors introduce new ideas, different perspectives and provide tools for better understanding changes in the approach to regulation, the reform of public utilities, and the complex problems of governance. They draw largely upon a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The economics of evaluation in public programs

Link, Albert N. - 2011

This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the...

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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 /...

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Moral leadership in action : building and sustaining moral competence in European organizations

Høivik, Heidi von Weltzien (contributor) - 2002

The contributions collected in this volume mirror the plurality of approaches we find in the theoretical writings of academics in different European countries. The additional business cases from six different nations show how leaders actually have adopted and integrated working with values in...

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Transport and ethics : ethics and the evaluation of transport policies and projects

Wee, Bert van - 2011

, the environment and long term sustainability, safety, ethics of research and modelling transport. It summarizes ethics … between transport and ethics …, pricing humans and democracy -- 7. The ethics of doing transport research -- 8. The use of models -- 9. Epilogue and …

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The economics of ethics and the ethics of economics : values, markets and the state

Brennan, Geoffrey (contributor); … - 2009

This book makes a rational and eloquent case for the closer integration of ethics and economics. It expands upon themes …Introduction: Ethics vs Economics: In Praise of the 'Disciplined' Life? / Geoffrey Brennan and Giuseppe Eusepi -- 1 …. Ethics and the Extent of the Market / James M. Buchanan -- 2. Value and Values, Preferences and Price: An Economic …

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