... Purchasing Sourcing Public tender Private sector organizations Cost effectiveness Denmark Public and academic interest for public sector management has intensified during the last decade. This increased attention can, for example, be seen in the emergence of the concept of new public management...

... characteristics as a tool for research and development (Brax, 2007). Pritchard (1995) distinguished three categories for definitions concerning productivity: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Productivity rate Cost effectiveness Public sector organizations Performance management...

... in service production according to the relationship between service provider and customer: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Cost effectiveness Public sector organizations Performance management Performance measurement (quality) Finland The issue of productivity of the public...