..., finance, construct, operate and maintain a facility for public use for an agreed‐upon time (Levy, 1996 ; Walker and Smith, 1995). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Governance Ownership Water industry Performance Restructuring Finland Public sector organizations Service delivery...

.... 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...

... Limited 2010 Africa Change management Water industry Public sector organizations Developing countries Organizational restructuring The study‐at‐hand tests the applicability of the 100‐days rapid change model for the deeply troubled African public water sector. Poor performance...

.... In early 1994 the Minister for Conservation and Natural Resources and the Treasurer jointly published a plan[ 5 ] detailing reform of the Non‐metropolitan Urban Water Authorities (NMUs). A few months later the Government adopted a policy further reforming the Victorian Water Industry (Office of State...

... services Water industry Despite the benefits expected from contracting‐out, there is need to exercise caution in extending its application in a developing country context for various reasons. First, there seems to be an assumption that the private sector has the capacity to take on the provision...