...Joyce Liddle Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the global, historic context of public administration and the specific British context of teaching and research for public administration. Also, it asks the question, “is twenty-first century public administration still ‘fit for purpose...

...Endrit Kromidha; Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon Purpose – This study aims to map the dynamics of e-government rhetoric through a discourse analysis. The discussion and understanding is based on an identification and interpretation of emerging concepts in e-government reports and research journals...

... financial situation) had not been included in a regeneration target population. Research limitations/implications The basic nature of the measures of regeneration and deprivation used in the study reflect its status as the first stage of a wider project investigating the association between regeneration...

...John Thompson; Jonathan M. Scott; Ron Downing Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse enterprise policy in the United Kingdom (UK), in relation to decisions about policy, policy delivery, entrepreneurial practice and academic/consultative research. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...J. Gordon Murray Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the fundamental difference between private and public procurement, that of politicians, has been largely overlooked in public procurement strategy and management research. It then aims to argue that existing public procurement...

...Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the public‐private linkage within the Danish research and technological development (RTD) and innovation system, seen from the point of view of the private sector. The relationship between public and private research...

... are selected, carefully read, and systematically analysed according to the conceptual framework. A discussion and relevant conclusions are then presented. Findings The paper finds that a gap appears to exist between conceptual literature and empirical findings. For example, conceptual research claims...

... associated with satisfaction, while involvement showed a weak negative association with satisfaction. A significant interaction effect also existed. Research limitations/implications The paper shows that, on average, residents with greater levels of attachment were more satisfied with local government...

...Jane Hemsley‐Brown For many management researchers, it is important that the knowledge they create is utilised and has some impact on managerial practice. Sustainable competitive advantage depends less on who has the information and increasingly on those able to make the best use...

... are offered. A substantial amount of research has been devoted to a better understanding of the circumstances under which firms would find it beneficial to co‐operate with other firms (Buckley and Casson, 1988). Below, we illustrate a number of theoretical perspectives on joint venture formation ranging...

...Andrew Goddard This paper is an investigation of the interrelationship between organisational culture and financial control systems (FCS). A comparison is made between three local government organisations using an interpretive research methodology. Several researchers have advocated the adoption...

...; 1990; Centre for Planning and Economic Research, 1991; Makridimitris, 1993; Papadimitriou, 1991; Theophanides, 1992). These drawbacks have led to mediocrity, a lack of motivation in personnel and, more importantly, an inability on the part of the public services to meet citizens’ expectations. Given...

...Jan Kooiman Outlines the broad area of research into and, theory development of, public services management (PSM). Deals with theories on the State; governance; non‐profit organizations and PSM itself. Speculates on future trends and finally develops some ideas on how to cope with the diversity...

... and management. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Developing countries Management Managers Manufacturing Research Tanzania Textile industry Despite the increasing number of studies on manufacturing management in developed countries[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], little is known about manufacturing management...

... sector, also provided a persuasive argument for choosing this research site. A 16-part questionnaire was designed to measure the management development needs of senior officials. This was later used as a means of generating quantifiable data in the survey. However, in order to safeguard the study from...