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The Teapublican Budget: Budgeting, Taxing, and Spending in Arizona
Berman, David R.; Borns, Kristin - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 4 (2012) 3, pp. 39-55
Abstract In 2011, the revenue shortages of the past several years and Tea Party ideology largely drove the legislative session in Arizona. This budget report examines the broader context in which decisions were made and concludes with an overview of financial issues facing the state.
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The Montana 2013 Biennium Budget
Greene, Jeffrey D. - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 4 (2012) 3, pp. 161-181
Abstract Montana’s legislature meets once every two years and constructs a two-year budget. The legislature was controlled by Republicans following the trend of the 2010 mid-term elections but with a Democratic governor who vetoed numerous pieces of legislation. The most significant aspect of...
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Marketing in B2B organisations: as it is; as it should be – a commentary for change
McDonald, Malcolm - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 31 (2016) 8, pp. 961-970
Purpose There are many challenges facing senior marketing people, and this commentary paper, based on the author’s consultancy experience, teaching expertise and observations of the business-to-business (B2B) environment, aims to address the causal relationship between marketing expenditure...
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Maintaining the status quo: federal government budget deficits and defensive rent‐seeking
Mixon, Franklin G.; Wilkinson, James B. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 26 (1999) 1, pp. 5-14
The purpose of the present study is to test the hypothesis alluded to by Tullock, within the context of defensive rent‐seeking efforts developed by others (e.g. McChesney). Here, we test the idea that defensive rent seeking efforts (or rent‐defending) to maintain the status quo augment...
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New public management and budgeting practices in Tanzanian Central Government
Goddard, Andrew; Mkasiwa, Tausi Ally - In: Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 6 (2016) 4, pp. 340-371
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the budgeting practices in the Tanzanian Central Government. New … budgeting reforms were introduced following exhortations from the bodies such as the UN, the World Bank and the IMF and reflect …
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The evolutionary adoption framework: explaining the budgeting paradox
de Waal, André; Hermkens‐Janssen, Miriam; van de … - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 7 (2011) 4, pp. 316-336
decision making and budget games. However, budgeting is still regarded as an organizational imperative and there is little … empirical evidence that organizations alter their existing budgeting practices. To understand this paradox, a deeper … understanding is needed of the process by which organizations decide on altering and renewing budgeting practices. The purpose of …
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Mitigating inefficiencies in budget spending: evidence from an explorative study
Rausch, Alexandra; Wall, Friederike - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 11 (2015) 4, pp. 430-454
accounting literature by investigating a heavily criticized but rather underexplored area of budgeting and by subjecting …
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Tensions in managerial attention in a company in crisis
Bourmistrov, Anatoli; Kaarbøe, Katarina - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 13 (2017) 2, pp. 239-261
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how in a situation of a crisis can Management Accounting Systems (MAS) create tensions in attention to information between top and line managers. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a field study. Findings The findings based on an...
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Decentralization and budgeting: the Uganda health sector experience
Awio, Godwin; Northcott, Deryl - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 1, pp. 75-88
from a study of the impact of decentralization on Ugandan health sector budgeting. A questionnaire was used to seek the … expert opinion of key participants in health sector budgeting regarding the affects of decentralization on budgetary … of as a miracle cure for the challenges of public sector budgeting, it has the potential to create a context for improved …
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Perceptions of performance in US financial regulatory programs
Greitens, Thomas J.; Ernita Joaquin, M. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 25 (2012) 6/7, pp. 444-454
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the accuracy of program performance measurement in US financial regulatory programs. Design/methodology/approach – This research uses the US Government's Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) system of output and outcome data collection,...
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