The parent company, with the intention of promoting a similar philosophy within the group, tends to transfer its Management Control Systems (MCSs) to the foreign subsidiary (Schneider, 2006). Having a shared management philosophy could increase efficiency, reduce communication time and...

The attention on education and the management of the schools represent important elements of the overall public sector management reforms in many OECD countries. The Italian school system has been characterised, in the last decade, by a process of granting schools a degree of autonomy in terms...

In the last two decades, the adoption of new public management (NPM) practices in the public sector has increased as public sector organizations seek to improve efficiency, effectiveness and public accountability. We present case study findings of a NPM initiative to implement balanced scorecard...