Despite increasing attention, top management research has been heavily dominated by a
focus on private companies with much less emphasis on the top managers in public …

Although the relationship between managerial capacity and local government performance
is well established, research into the direct effect of population size on performance has …

Strategic planning has been increasingly used by local governments worldwide to boost
performance. While this can be seen as a technical and political process, the relationship …

This study explores the impact of chief executives' intangible assets–motives, capacity and
networks–on government performance. Three main hypotheses suggesting a direct …

This study looks at purposeful and legitimizing types of performance information use in local
governments. Drawing on a survey of Austrian mayors who are at the politico-administrative …

Municipal governments in the Global South vary in their ability to provide not only complex
social services, like environmentally proper solid waste disposal, but even simple services …

Determinants of local government public service quality: Evidence from the develo**
economy Page 1 Journal of Governance and Regulation / Volume 12, Issue 1, Special Issue …

This article tests whether governors' work experience explains their state performance.
Although the experience‐performance relationship has been researched, empirical studies …

Public mask mandates are widely recognized as one of the most effective policy tools to
mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Across the US, states vary widely in the timeline of …

Multilevel governance offers different settings to study executive decision-making and
delegation. Associations of municipalities (AoMs), which are collaborative partnerships, are …