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Volume 39 (2016), Edition 1-2
ZögU Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen- Publisher:
- 06.06.2016
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Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services is a multidisciplinary scientific journal. It provides information, discussions and documentations, and is furthermore the organ of the Federal Public Services - German Section of CEEP e. V. The journal offers comprehensive information on the important area of public companies and provides a forum for practitioners and researchers. It is dedicated to federal, state, and local companies, mixed-economy companies, companies of trade unions, chambers, churches, political parties, foundations and associations, publicly committed companies, cooperative companies and, in particular, enterprises of the independent welfare work. The Journal is a forum for economic, political, and social scientists and legal scholars.The publication of papers and short contributions are examined by a scientific anonymous review process that guarantees a consistently high quality of contributions. Website: www.zoegu.nomos.de
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- 0344-9777
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- 0344-9777
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- Nomos, Baden-Baden
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- English
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In the aftermath of the 14th International Symposium on Public Management in Dresden in July 2014, this thematic issue presents peer-reviewed conference contributions on Public Governance to a wider audience. At the outset, we should pause to...
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Services of General Interest are a key pillar of social and territorial coherence in the European Union. They enable the functioning of the European society and economy. The following article shows the importance of Public Services in Europe. It...
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The authors present a model for an evolutionary approach of governance reforms under conditions of political business cycles. The model is based on a political business cycle model by Frey (1976, 1978 and 1979), which is elaborated further by using...
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Transitions in voluntary work, rising public debts and modified ways how citizens speak out politically challenge more and more the traditional structures of mobilising and making use of civic engagement. They require new models and procedures that...
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The increasing financial needs of some German municipalities in combination with a more restrictive loan policy and even a withdrawal from financing of municipalities by German banks has led to a development of partnerships between citizens and the...
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One of the key elements of both the New Public Management and the emerging Public Governance approach is that ministers have to resist the urge to manage. They have to let go and allow their managers to manage and allow deliberative processes...
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Many Japanese local governments introduced New Public Management (NPM) in the late 90s. After a decade of experiences, some municipalities have begun to distance themselves from the NPM-driven managerial style. There is, indeed, evidence of a shift...
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On the basis of goal-setting theory we developed a survey to gain important insights into the German administrative goal-setting process and its influencing factors. To contribute to the specific motivation of employees in local public...
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The main purpose of this paper is to assess the capacity of the performance management systems of local governments in promoting public accountability to its stakeholders using the PDCA cycle model. This study uses primarily document content...
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e-Health is more than information and communication technology. It offers innovative ways to enhance the encouragement, education and power of the patients and enables them to gather information about their diseases and treatments. These facts are...
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The current health care system, facing a growing pressure for cost reduction and innovation, no longer meets the requirements for an integrated, individual care of patients. In order to examine the structures in detail a „trend-projection“,...
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Over the past two decades Austrian and German statutory health insurances (SHIs) have been through an era of reforms aiming at transforming them into more entrepreneurial public service providers. In this context the issue of stakeholder...
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The subject of sustainability reporting in higher education is relevant in multiple areas: employment, education, organisational change, responsibility. However, there is a lack of such research in emerging markets, as sustainability reporting is...
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The trend of public sector management seems to have moved from new public management (NPM) to public governance (PG) or post-NPM around the world. However, the trajectory of public sector management reform might not be identical and differ from...
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State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a significant role in many economies. Consequently, this paper describes the key elements of SOE performance assessment and how they should be developed in order to improve the services and the quality of the...
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The European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) is a supranational legal form in the EU. Introduced in 2006, it grants legal personality to public entities from different member (and non-member) states to promote cross-border, interregional...
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