The United States has experienced a financial crisis, a market crash, and a shift in the perception of America's place in the global economy. New financial reform legislation will increase the role of the government in the socalled private-law world of corporations and will press further on our...

As change sweeps across the public sector, a huge range of accounting and financial management challenges are created. This textbook analyses the reforms that are being introduced to deal with these challenges and their global impact on the public sector. Readers are provided with an...

Public administration has entered a new age. In the 1980s, “less” government was the prevailing idea; in the 1990s and early 21st century, “New Public Management” was the dominant theme. Today, public administration is moving in new directions. Reforms are focusing on the quality of...

Abstract: Marktorientierte Managementansätze gehören zu den relevanten Anforderungen, die inzwischen an ein Public und Nonprofit Management gestellt werden. Obwohl sich öffentliche und Nonprofit-Unternehmen intensiv mit einer anspruchsgruppenorientierten Sichtweise auseinandersetzen, hat die...

The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major initiatives undertaken toward modernization and simplification. Notwithstanding laudable intentions, however, progress remains limited. This analysis is a case study of two reforms...