The purpose of this paper is to offer a critical discussion of information system adoption in
the public sector (often referred to as e-government) and to contribute to the debate by …

Background Conditional cash transfers (CCT) provide monetary transfers to households on
the condition that they comply with some pre‐defined requirements. CCT programmes have …

New Public Management (NPM) has been guiding public sector reform for over 25 years. Its
position on the design of effective management control rests on three key ideas:(1) …

In the 2000s, governments in the UK, particularly in England, developed a system of
governance of public services that combined targets with an element of terror. This has …

The measurement of research and teaching performance is increasingly common within
universities, driven probably by the rise of New Public Management (NPM). Although …

We study the use of performance measurement systems in the public sector. We
hypothesize that the way in which these systems are being used affects organizational …

Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the
public sector, this new edition shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial …

Theoretically, the research project is based on economic as well as behavioral theories. The
study distinguishes amongst quantitative performance (efficiency, quantities produced) and …

Secondary data is a powerful tool for providing context to an otherwise small-scale study, as
well as being an efficient way of bringing together a large amount of data, particularly where …

Das vorliegende Handbuch ist zum einen geprägt durch ein Forschungsinteresse, das die
Gestaltung des Schulsystems unter Berücksichtung seiner Mehrebenenarchitektur und der …