...Geraldine Arbogast Rasheli Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the transaction costs involved in managing procurement contracts in the public sector, particularly at the lower and higher level of local governments from the clients’ perspective. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...Mike Rowe; Jason Ferdinand; Ruth McDonald; Kath Checkland; Steve Harrison Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of contracts on general practise in the UK National Health Service. In particular, it is concerned with the response of practitioners to the apparent flexibilities...

... exploration and production result in significant business risks. The petroleum fiscal systems in many developing countries are now opting for production‐sharing contracts (PSC) as a new model of agreement for the exploration and production of oil and gas resources. This paper extends the principal‐agent...

... Performance Contracts Australia In the last two decades, fundamental change has been introduced in public sector employment in Australia at the commonwealth, state and local government levels (Hughes, 1998). In the state of Victoria, statutory changes in local government (VLG(G)A, 2000 ; VLG(MA...

...) Project feasibility study. 2. (2) Project appraisal. 3. (3) Project planning. 4. (4) Detailed survey and land acquisition. 5. (5) Design and detailed engineering. 6. (6) Works contract preparation. 7. (7) Materials procurement. 8. (8) Project monitoring and control. 9...

...John Darwin; Joanne Duberley; Phil Johnson During the 1990s the contract has become a key feature in the restructuring of the UK public sector. Currently available literature demonstrates an awareness that the implementation of contracting must entail new forms of management control...