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Process tracing change management: the reform of the Italian judiciary
Simone Busetti, Giancarlo VecchiIn 2009, the Italian Government initiated a national programme to improve the management of judicial offices. Programme implementation has been patchy and unsatisfactory in all…
The role of uncertainty in performance information disclosure
Veronica Allegrini, Fabio MonteduroThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the environmental uncertainty faced by public administrations and their likelihood of disclosing performance…
Motives of mergers and acquisitions in the European public utilities: An empirical investigation of the wealth-anomaly
Sanjukta Brahma, Agyenim Boateng, Sardar AhmadThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the motivation and post-merger operating performance (OP) of European utility sectors following mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Mayors’ leadership roles in direct participation processes – the case of community-owned wind farms
Franziska Wallmeier, Julia ThalerThe design of participation processes influences their effectiveness. In light of processes which include both mandated and non-mandated direct participation and take place in…
From theoretical concept to organizational tool for public sector improvement: Janus-faced social capital in a hospital department
Jette Ernst, Anette Lykke Hindhede, Vibeke AndersenThe purpose of this paper is to examine, first, how social capital was crafted and transformed from a theoretical concept to an organizational tool for public sector improvement…
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- Professor Rocco Palumbo