This Brief proposes a new theory of public economics which deemphasizes reliance on the free market and affirms the importance of public goods and services within the context of the democratic process and constitutional governance. Public non-market production makes up from a quarter to more...

Governing Public Service Organizations: A Review and Research Agenda -- Governance Issues in Local Public Utilities: The Italian Perspective -- Partial Privatitazion and Public Services Accountability: Evidence from Italy to Norway -- Boards of Directors and State-Owned Enterprises' Innovation

After several years of practice, the question arises whether performance budgeting as one part of the New Public Management reforms has been effective. Derived from the international literature on experiences with performance budgeting Christiane Lorenz identifies five elements which constitute...

This book presents a set of original and innovative contributions on state, institutions and democracy in the field of political economy. Modern political economy has implied the interaction between politics and economics to understand political, electoral and public issues in different nations,...

Managementnotwendigkeit der öffentlichen Wertschöpfungskette -- Status Quo zum Management öffentlicher Wertschöpfungsketten -- Abgrenzung öffentlicher und privater Wertschöpfungsketten -- Institutionelle Besonderheiten der öffentlichen Wertschöpfungskette als Herausforderung für die...

Claudia Lehmann explores service productivity from the providers, customer and operations perspective in the German airport industry using a solid empirical foundation. Available service productivity concepts, methods, measurements and their ability to overcome the emphasized problems are...

This innovative book presents an up-to-date account of service operations, spanning topics such as IT-enabled services, service supply chain and volatility of demand and supply. Combining a systems perspective with a focus on service supply chains, the chapters provide a clearly framed set of...

Ziel und Zweck eines Managements für den Staat -- Das IOP-Führungskonzept für den öffentlichen Sektor -- Das Innovationsmanagement zur Neuausrichtung öffentlicher Institutionen -- Das Informationsmanagement zur Transparenzsteigerung -- Die organisatorischen Gestaltungselemente des Public...

This volume reflects on the consequences of the increasingly globalized nature of our world for public sector management. Globalization has triggered rapid growth in trade, global financial transactions and cross-country ownership of economic assets. The implications of these multifaceted...