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作者:Xu, Hua
作者单位:Auburn University System; Auburn University Montgomery; Auburn University
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作者:Schotanus, Fredo; Bakker, Elmer; Walker, Helen; Essig, Michael
作者单位:University of Twente; University of Warwick; Bundeswehr University Munich
摘要:Increasingly, public sector organizations collaborate to buy products and services. They collectively form purchasing groups to deliver more value for money. What is the progress of these small-scale developments of public sector purchasing groups to date, in the early phases of their life cycle? Although previous research provides general descriptions of life-cycle phases, little attention has been paid to detailed small-scale developments that take place within each life-cycle phase. As a re...
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作者:Sadovnik, Alan R.; Lindemans, Aris Damadian
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; New Jersey Institute of Technology
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作者:Lynn, Laurence E., Jr.
作者单位:University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Manchester; University of Chicago
摘要:Federalist No. 51 can be read as a statement of the national government's dual responsibility to serve the public interest and to preserve liberty. It is built on James Madison's belief in checks and balances as a method for keeping government's parts in their proper places. This essay asks whether this gridlock has gone too far in rendering the constitutional design obsolete. Drawing on previously unpublished fragments of Federalist No. 51, the author argues that Madison fully anticipated the...
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作者:Ellison, Brian A.
作者单位:University of North Carolina; Appalachian State University
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作者:Fitzpatrick, Jody; Goggin, Malcolm; Heikkila, Tanya; Klingner, Donald; Machado, Jason; Martell, Christine
作者单位:University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Children's Hospital Colorado; University of Colorado Denver
摘要:Intensified globalization, especially the necessity to learn more about how administrative reforms work effectively in different cultural contexts, requires public administration research to embrace comparative perspectives. How well is the field advancing in that direction? This article presents the results of a content analysis of 151 comparative public administration articles from 2000 to 2009. Results indicate that comparative research is building on theory and empirical research, making u...
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作者:Nakamura, Akira; Kikuchi, Masao
作者单位:Meiji University; Meiji University
摘要:Japan is the only country to suffer twice from the terrible consequences of atomic bombs. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are renowned internationally for experiencing the first twin devastating nuclear attacks in history. Unfortunately, Japan has witnessed several other serious nuclear-related disasters in recent years. The much-publicized Fukushima disaster in 2011 is one of them. How could such a serious accident occur in a modern, highly sensitive, nuclear-conscious country? The answer to that cent...
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作者:Roberts, Nancy C.
作者单位:United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
摘要:What accounts for coordination problems? Many mechanisms of coordination exist in both organizations and networks, yet despite their widespread use, coordination challenges persist. Some believe the challenges are growing even more serious. One answer lies in understanding that coordination is not a free good; it is expensive in terms of time, effort, and attention, or what economists call transaction and administrative costs. An alternative to improving coordination is to reduce its costs, ye...
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作者:Walker, Richard M.; Brewer, Gene A.; Boyne, George A.; Avellaneda, Claudia N.
作者单位:City University of Hong Kong; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Cardiff University; Cardiff University; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Charlotte
摘要:The backbone of theory of the market-based approach New Public Management is that market orientation improves public service performance. In this article, market orientation is operationalized through the dominant theoretical framework in the business literature: competitor orientation, customer orientation, and interfunctional coordination. Market orientation is examined from the vantage point of three stakeholder groups in English local government: citizens, public servants, and the central ...
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作者:Burke, John P.
作者单位:University of Vermont