...-stakeholder and community-centric model offers theoretical and practical advantages for better managing local governance. We develop the idea that collaborative governance is an essential vehicle for addressing wicked policy problems, and we use the Lithuanian case, with original survey data, to explain...

...Benoit Ruysschaert; Michiel Pauwels; Tom Kuppens; Nathalie Crutzen Purpose Local governments often use strategic planning ( SP ) to address grand challenges like climate change. Increasingly, they adopt the circular economy ( CE ) as a means for addressing climate change. However, local...

... local governments' crisis response to improve preparedness for future transboundary crisis. How, then, can local public administration ensure effective crisis management under these conditions (Behnke and Eckhard, 2022 ; Webb and Chevreau, 2006)? Earlier studies focusing on the local level argue...

... of directly observing corrupt practices, especially in local governance contexts. Practical implications Policymakers should (1) co-design participatory forums with local stakeholders using existing social structures rather than imposing external models; (2) develop cultural competency alongside technical...

...Machiel van der Heijden; Bram Spaai; Scott Douglas Purpose Despite growing interest in integrated service delivery, there remains a gap in our understanding of how it is achieved in practice. This study examines how local government officials in the Netherlands contribute to implementing...

... publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Sustainability Sustainability management City strategic plan Local government Local governance Cities, and municipalities in general, play a crucial role in pursuing...

...William C. Rivenbark; Vincenzo Vignieri Purpose The authors explore how performance measurement systems have evolved over the past 20-plus years to support the drivers of measurement system maturity, outcome measures and benchmarking, which contribute to performance data use in local government...

... be contacted at: christopher.weare@hhs.sccgov.org 06 08 2021 08 09 2022 27 01 2023 09 03 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Performance management Local government Organizational reform Qualitative comparative...

...Marco Bisogno; Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros; Flavio Abate Purpose This study investigates drivers of local governments’ digitalization, focusing on contextual factors that can help explain the level of e-government development. Concretely, it examines financial, socioeconomic, and political...

...Kaisu Sahamies; Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko Purpose This article investigates the practical implementation of the ecosystem approach in different branches of public management within an urban context. It explores how ecosystem thinking is introduced, disseminated and applied in a local government...

...Gifty Kenetey; Boris Popesko Purpose This study aimed to examine the adoption of consortium blockchain technology to ensure interoperability for the transparency of budgetary control in Ghanaian local government. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on the design science research...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Re-municipalization Procurement Eldercare System of choice Marketization Local government Elements of new public management (NPM) and marketization have pervasively changed...

... indicators can provide the data needed for local governments to better understand the effects of their activities over time, ultimately assessing their contribution to public value. Practical implications Assessing the impact of local spending is important to ensure the best use of public resources...

...Kaisa Kurkela; Anna–Aurora Kork; Anni Jäntti; Henna Paananen Purpose This study observes the organisational environment of fostering citizen participation in the context of local government. Creating systems of influential citizen participation requires the consideration of organisational...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Transparency e-government Local government Municipalities e-disclosure Although historically the scope and dissemination of public information may vary from country to country (Cucciniello et...

... approach and applied the critical incident technique (CIT) to collect and analyze data from four innovation cases in the two local governments of Indonesia. Findings The results highlight that the sustainability condition of each innovation after the political regime change is determined by multiple...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Participatory governance Local government Participation Fuzzy set...

... consolidated jurisdictions. Originality/value The study introduces the “familiarity” theorem as a theoretical lens to assist in understanding the cases. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Local government Municipality Consolidation Merger...

... Local government Public sector reform Transaction cost The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the organization of the service affected costs in the municipal audit in Norway after the municipal audit market was deregulated in 2004. Using market competition and contracting out have been...

...Gonçalo Rodrigues Brás; Kathleen M. Dowley Purpose This paper seeks to identify some of the most important drivers of Portuguese local government transparency in their activities over time. The recent literature on good governance has repeatedly identified transparency as central to promoting...