Purpose: To discuss US, EU and UK tax-related issues that sovereign wealth funds should consider when investing in private funds. Design/methodology/approach: Discusses various tax-related structuring, operational, risk-allocation, and economic matters that private funds, sovereign wealth funds...

This paper explores the early implementation of an organizational innovation in the UK National Health Service (NHS) – Treatment Centres (TCs) – designed to dramatically reduce waiting lists for elective care. The paper draws on case studies of 8 TCs (each at varying stages of their...

Objectives: To evaluate the Promoting Action on Clinical Effectiveness (PACE) programme, which sought to implement clinically effective practice in 16 local sites. Methods: 182 semi-structured interviews, usually by telephone, with project team members, clinicians, and senior managers and...