The multiple principal problem refers to multiple collective action problems that
organizations face when they must balance (competing) interests of multiple stakeholders …

Municipally owned corporations (MOCs) are increasingly utilised to provide local public
services, but little remains known about their efficiency and effectiveness. In this article, we …

Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more
critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently proven ephemeral, inter …

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-
to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review …

Abstract Analysis of local government contracting decisions typically focuses on transactions
costs related to service characteristics, especially asset specificity and difficulty of contract …

Privatization of local government services is assumed to deliver cost savings, but empirical
evidence for this from around the world is mixed. We conduct a meta‐regression analysis of …

Governments not only choose which services to deliver to citizens, but they also choose how
to deliver those services. Governments can produce services themselves or through a …

Empirical evidence shows local government contracting is a dynamic process that includes
movements from public delivery to markets and from market contracts back to in-house …

With the increase in public services offered at the local level and heightened budgetary and
financial constraints on local government, new ways of managing local public services must …

Local governments can provide services with their own employees or by contracting with
private or public sector providers. We develop a model of this 'make‐or‐buy'choice that …