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Circuits of power and accountability during institutionalisation of competitive tendering in public sector organisations: A field study in public care of the elderly
Mutiganda, Jean Claude - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 11 (2014), pp. 129-145
sector organisations and effects on accountability among public decision makers. Design/methodology/approach -The study used … City, in Finland from 2008 to 2013. Findings – The relationship between institutionalisation of competitive tendering and … accountability for total costs of public services depends on how public officials use management accounting and control systems to …
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The Regulation and Privatisation of the Public Water Supply and the Resulting Competitive Effects
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: CESifo DICE Report 4 (2006) 4, pp. 42-49
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In the Shadow of the Constitution: Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security and Defence Policy Adapting to a Changing External Environment
Nickel, Dietmar; Quille, Gerrard - Jean Monnet Chair - 2007
Abstract: The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) is understood as an important new "instrument" in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) "toolbox", designed to respond to the contemporary security environment as well as to overcome the inaction and hesitancy of the past....
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Parliaments and European security policy. Mapping the Parliamentary Field
Peters, Dirk; Wagner, Wolfgang; Deitelhoff, Nicole - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 14 (2010) 08
The more important governmental cooperation and bureaucratic involvement become in ESDP, the more pressing becomes the issue of democratic control of executive cooperation. This article starts from the argument that parliamentary involvement in decision-making is of central importance for...
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Standort Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Stand und Entwicklung der Rahmenbedingungen für unternehmerische Investitionsentscheidungen
Wenzel, Jörg - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 44 (1991) 15, pp. 13-18
Der Verfasser betont, daß für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens bzw. eines Landes nicht die "statische Effizienz" ausschlaggebend sei. Wichtiger sei die Fähigkeit, sich einerseits Veränderungen schnell anpassen und andererseits auch innovativ vorausgehen zu können. Erfolgreiche...
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Competition in the railway passenger market in the Czech Republic
Tomeš, Zdeněk; Kvizda, Martin; Nigrin, Tomáš; … - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 270-276
This paper describes the development of competition in the Czech railway passenger market. The vertical separation of … route at the end of 2012. This resulted in an intensive on-track competition with tariff declines and service improvements …
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The contracting of urban bus services – Recent Australian developments
Wallis, Ian P.; Bray, David J. - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 48-61
Since 2011, very significant developments have occurred in the procurement and contracting of bus services in major Australian cities. After many years of ‘grandfathering’ (continuing rollover of negotiated contracts with long-established private operators), competitive tendering has been...
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Health Care in Sri Lanka : What Can the Private Health Sector Offer?
Govindaraj, Ramesh; Navaratne, Kumari; Cavagnero, Eleonora - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This review represents an attempt to bridge the significant knowledge gaps on the private health sector in Sri Lanka, and foster a dialogue on opportunities for collaboration between the government and the private sector. It accomplishes this through a systematic collection and analysis of...
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CONSIDERATIONS AND PROPOSALS ON THE PUBLICSECTOR ETHICS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE - The Strategic Role of Control From the Perspective of Accountability
COMITE, Pr Ubaldo - In: Global Journal of Strategies, Governance & Applied Economics 3, 2, pp. 68-79
strategic role of control from the perspective of accountability. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationships that …
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Viewpoint: governing the governance of the governors: Motivating accountability at the top of public organizations
Nordberg, Donald - In: Evidence-based HRM: A Global Forum for Empirical Scholarship 2 (2014) 1, pp. 114-114
affected tensions in accountability and director motivation. The changes involve greater emphasis on extrinsic goals … bay forces that push in opposing directions to accommodate demands for greater accountability while sustaining the …
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