.... Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a qualitative case study of the marketisation of Danish passenger rail from the 1990s to date where marketisation has been set on hold since 2011 due to the activities of the SOE. Findings – The paper shows that market governance was layered...

... in Anglo-Saxon countries. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the findings of two case studies – one Danish and the other, a German hospital – the paper assesses the future potential of different private sector participation strategies in health care. Findings – The assessment is that low...

.../approach This analysis was achieved through five in‐depth case studies – based upon extensive interviews, observation and documentation reviews ‐ conducted within central and local government organisations. Findings The study shows that despite being very different in terms of their form and function...

..., and communities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Public management Public sector management Public sector organizations Public sector services Europe North America Case studies The relationship between states and markets has always been uneasy. There is no perfect equilibrium...

.... Design/methodology/approach A multiple, mini case study approach is taken which makes use of social media. Findings The findings suggest that the strategy being pursued within the UK for addressing the financial crisis is generally untested and therefore high‐risk. The evidence cautions that local...

...Ricardo C. Gomes; Luciana de Oliveira Miranda Gomes Purpose The aim of this paper is to describe the arena in which managers of small size Brazilian municipalities make decisions as constrained by stakeholder influence. Design/methodology/approach Four case studies were carried out...

... for construction success as well as pairing factors of open communication and trust with high levels of compromise or collaboration. Research limitations/implications The major limitation of this research is that it is confined to two case studies. Thus, the generalizability can be utilized for future...

...Zakaria Abd Hadi; Neil McBride Reports that there are increasing trends towards the commercialisation of public sector information. Explains the concepts of information trading and discusses the role of the public sector. Describes three case studies within the UK government. Identifies the lack...

...Robert Jones This article presents a longitudinal case study of the methods employed by the general managers of two leading Australian local authorities in an attempt to introduce decentralised reform into their organisations. The article commences by detailing the nature of the respective general...

.... The paper discusses the application of this model to the public sector, discussing power and equity, the relevance of the “business case” argument, the focus on customer responsiveness, and a possible explanation for the 1980s backlash. There are case studies of an NHS Trust and a local authority. The paper...