... responsibilities to an array of local authorities can improve resilience and attention to local needs, but it can also create the so-called institutional collective action (ICA) dilemmas. A horizontal collective action problem arises when governments are too large or too small to efficiently deliver on their own...

... in England, in relation to parks and roads maintenance delivery by examining private contractors’ performance according to local authority stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach – Since the Conservative Government was in power during the 1980s, local authorities have been an arena...

... only of emergency personnel, but that local government managers have an integral role placed upon them during and especially after the EWE. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Resilience Local authorities Local council Extreme weather event Public sector accounting In recent...

...David Douglas; Wyn Jenkins; Jane Kennedy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model using resource‐based‐view theories of competitive advantage for application to the private sector as a basis for understanding managers' perceptions of high performance in a local authority. The model...

.... It analyses suppliers' attributes and characteristics such as size, location and sector of activity are used in order to explore suppliers' patterns of spend in relation to inward and outward cash‐flows within the County. Additionally, the paper explores the effects of the local authority's procurement...

... – business representations and local authorities – in working towards a form of coherent governance for the city region against the backdrop of the many current precedents of such arrangements across Europe. Findings The paper finds that local authorities in the Greater Manchester area tend to favour...

...Manila Marcuccio; Ileana Steccolini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of voluntary extended performance reporting (EPR) by Italian local authorities (LAs) by exploring the patterns of financial and non‐financial disclosure and the factors affecting those patterns...

.../approach The researchers carried out a postal survey of Scotland's 32 local authorities in order to assess the progress made in the area of race equality. Questions focused on examining the scale of progress in relation to both employment and service delivery. Findings The results revealed a mixed...

...Jonathan Barrett; Colin Scott Purpose The purpose of this article is to investigate how two New Zealand local authorities have engaged with their duty under the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act) to foster community participation in decision making, specifically with regard to costs and funding...

... practices of other local authorities. The benchmarking model that has been developed by the authors needs to be applied in a food service setting to establish its usefulness to food service managers. Practical implications A model has been developed from the outcome of this research, which could aid...

...John Hood; Peter Young Purpose Since the early 1990s there has been a growth in local authorities of risk management. However, despite a range of different strategies, initiatives and practices the issue of financing the risks to which authorities are exposed has remained problematic...

... of environmental stability and attractiveness, service strengths and financial resources. The analysis produces a typology of leisure centres, and evaluates the prospects of each type under best value. Findings The findings suggest that a large number of leisure centres managed by local authorities will make...

... as neutral outsiders often drawn from the academic community. They work to criteria set by the commissioning agency (central government departments, local authorities or regeneration agencies). The criteria define the scope of the evaluation and, as a consequence, “rule in” or “rule out” certain questions...

...Emma H. Wood Purpose Local authorities use events and festivals within their region to help achieve a diverse range of economic and social objectives. However, the success of these events, which can take up a substantial amount of the tourism, leisure or arts and cultural budget is rarely assessed...

... information needs of stakeholders. This paper describes work with a number of Scottish local authority services to develop an information portfolio that would meet the performance measurement needs of diverse stakeholders. Overall, the approach was found to be useful, allowing services to identify the key...

...Mohamed Branine This paper starts with the assumption that local authorities, under the new public management, may use job sharing as part of an equal opportunities policy in order to attract and retain experienced and professional employees. Data collected from 32 councils in England and Scotland...

...Ann Hodgkinson The introduction of efficiency improvements and enterprise bargaining into local authorities has been severely hampered by a failure to agree on a method of measuring service productivity. This paper develops an outcomes measure of productivity which, it argues, meets both externally...

... the importance of partnership between the Housing Corporation, Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) in ensuring quality in the funding of social housing and the need for longer time scales for joint planning activity. The suitability of the process to help highlight issues...

...Tony Bovaird; Paul Davis This article sets out the main conclusions of a research project into how UK local authorities are managing within limited resources (MLR). Frameworks are developed to aid authorities to plan their approaches to MLR and to situate what they have already done and what...

...Mohamad Tayib; Hugh M. Coombs; J.R.M. Ameen This study investigates and explores the needs and demands of Malaysian local authority taxpayers for financial information published by Malaysian local authorities. The study found, in the absence of standard financial reporting requirements placed...