Within the area of study of privatization, some attention has been placed on the emergence of mixed public-private ownership firms for the provision of public services. Mixed ownership firms may provisionally result during an intermediate stage within a process oriented towards full...

Public services co-production has been largely conceived within the theoretical framework of service management. This study argues that greater attention should be paid to the economic features of what is co-produced, especially whether client are called to co-produce consumption goods or...

This chapter aims to discuss the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) – especially of the so-called Big Data – in the innovation of public service delivery. After reviewing the relevant literature on innovation and innovation diffusion in the public sector, the chapter...