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Public-Private Service Delivery Arrangements and Incentive Schemes in Developing Asia
Capuno, Joseph J. - 2014
In many countries, public agencies or private firms are gradually moving away from being exclusive providers of goods and services that traditionally were assigned to the state or markets, respectively. Instead, state agencies, both at the national and the local level, and private organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507420
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Thanks for nothing? Not-for-profits and motivated agents
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Müller, Hannes - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
We re-examine the labor donation theory of not-for-profits and show that these organizations may exist notnecessarily because motivated workers prefer to work in them, or that they dominate for-profits in terms ofwelfare, but because the excess supply of motivated workers makes the non-profit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009354074
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Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods : The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector
Mosca, Michele; Pastore, Francesco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The … cooperatives and religious institutions, where formal hiring methods are not common. Interestingly, the differences in hiring and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860262
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The practice of social entrepreneurship: Theory and the Swedish experience
Stryjan, Yohanan - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005
The notion of social entrepreneurship has gained increasing recognition in thelast years, both as an increasingly visible mode of economic action, and as animportant policy tool. The paper outlines a typology that departs from aSchumpeterian view of entrepreneurship, that centers on the creation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863514
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Vergabeverfahren bei öffentlich (mit)finanzierten sozialen Dienstleistungen
Bernitt, Ralf - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2005
In Fachkreisen ist umstritten, ob die Vergabe sozialer Dienstleistungen demVergaberecht unterliegt. Diskutiert wird dieses Thema oft mit dem Ziel, zuklären, ob und in welchem Umfang Vergaberegelungen einschlägig sind. Dabeispielt eine Rolle, welche Leistungen öffentlich ausgeschrieben...
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Sozialwirtschaft - Zur inhaltlichen Strukturierung eines unklaren Begriffs
Kramer, Jost W. - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fachbereich Wirtschaft - 2006
Der Begriff der Sozialwirtschaft dürfte bei eingehenderer Betrachtung zuden schwierigsten Ausdrücken der deutschen Sprache gehören, denn die mit ihm verbundenen Inhalte wechseln in erheblichem Ausmaß, je nachdem von wem und in welchem Kontext das Wort verwendet wird. Fragt man nach einer...
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Country concepts and the rational actor trap : limitations to strategic management of international NGOs
Kohnert, Dirk - 2004
Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international … introduced by major INGOs too - have increased the efficiency of development cooperation is open to question. Firstly, there have … medium-term country planning. Secondly, the underlying vision of rationality as a remedy for the major ills of development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334861
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How do nonprofit organizations respond to quality disclosure?
Lu, Susan Feng - 2012
This paper uses a quality disclosure policy, the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, which mandates the public reporting of quality information on selected dimensions, to investigate how nonprofit nursing homes react to economic incentives. I find that nonprofits are as responsive as for-profits to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699385
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Public-private service delivery arrangements and incentive schemes in developing Asia
Capuno, Joseph J. - 2014
In many countries, public agencies or private firms are gradually moving away from being exclusive providers of goods and services that traditionally were assigned to the state or markets, respectively. Instead, state agencies, both at the national and the local level, and private organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336943
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Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?
Sabatini, Fabio; Modena, Francesca; Tortia, Ermanno - 2012
This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first empirical investigation into the role of different types of enterprises in the creation of social trust. Drawing on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526633