... illustrates the theoretical framework and develops the hypotheses. Section 4 explains the research methodology, and Section 5 presents the results, which are discussed in Section 6 , along with concluding remarks. Digitalization e-government Local government Italy This study aims...

... on the Italian regions for twofold reasons. Primarily, as Italy was the first European state to face the Covid-19 emergency (Di Mascio et al., 2020), and it represents an “emblematic case” because the country was not prepared for this type of emergency (Capano, 2020). Secondly, we chose the regional...

...Silvia Bolgherini; Mattia Casula; Mariano Marotta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the municipal reaction to a recent rescaling policy in Italy that, since 2010, require to small municipalities to jointly manage their basic tasks (compulsory joint management – CJM) through...

.... Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts an institutional perspective to study the development of existing medical management roles and the rise of new ones (clinical directors). The analysis focuses on the case of Italy, a country with a tradition in medical management where, following...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Economic development Public administration Network organization Italy Luxembourg United States of America The highly developed literature on networks offers us a framework that highlights interaction outcomes as consequences of both...

.... Social implications In Italy the water industry is currently the focus of a vast political debate. As a matter of fact, a recent law (n. 133/2008 article 23‐bis modified in November 2009) encourages private administration of this industry. The results led to an improvement in the debate on the strategic...

...Alan Lawton; Patrizio Monfardini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of new public management‐based reforms on public accountability in two countries, Italy and Sweden, explaining what strategies can be used to enhance accountability toward citizens. Design/methodology...

... investigation and to interpret its findings. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Public sector organizations Managerialism Innovation Organizational change Central government Italy The widespread reform movement known as new public management (NPM) (Hood, 1991, 1995) has caused...

... in Italy. Design/methodology/approach A confirmatory factor analysis is developed to assess the validity of the proposed operational measure. Data are taken from a survey administered on 204 local governments in Italy. Findings The validity of the measure is assessed for all the attributes...

... and Ejersbo, 2002). Ileana Steccolini can be contacted at: ileana.steccolini@sdabocconi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Local government Managers Public sector accounting Italy Public sector organizations Political institutions The processes of modernization...

... their constituencies and to promote a host of other, mainly positive, benefits to both government and its citizens (Norris et al., 2001). Government Local government Communication technologies Organizational change Organizational innovation Italy E‐government is one of most interesting...

...@sdabocconi.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Performance levels Performance monitoring Financial reporting Local authorities Management accountability Italy Since the 1980s, the implementation of various public‐sector reform initiatives, generally grouped under the umbrella...

...Edoardo Ongaro; Edoardo Ongaro; Giovanni Valotti Purpose The aim of this paper is to outline the sets of factors influential on the implementation of public management reform in the politico‐administrative context of Italy. Design/methodology/approach Provides a combination of different...

... in the management of public administrations spring from two relevant trends. Business process re‐engineering Customer orientation Process management Italy Process management is a managerial approach characterised by the focus on business processes [1] as the criterion used by the top management...

...Mike Dent This article examines the similarities and differences in the professional and work organisation of nursing within two European countries: Italy and Germany. In principle both nursing systems could be expected to share much in common given they are both part of the European Community (EC...