<title/> This article focuses on the role of the different types of trust (system, contractual, competence and goodwill) involved in developing effective private finance initiatives (PFI) in Italian health care trusts. Previous work has tended to focus on trust between the public and private partners....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons why public sector managers approach either consultants or academics for their help in solving problems related to public sector accounting and management reforms. Design/methodology/approach – A field study based on reactions to...

This paper aims to explore the practices of ex-ante evaluation in the Italian health-care sector (HCS) in order to verify whether (and how), in spite of legislative requirements, public interests are also considered before choosing the PFI solution, and to understand the possible effects of the...