International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 31 Issue 3

Rationality, accounting and benchmarking water businesses: An analysis of measurement challenges

Nicholas Pawsey, Jayanath Ananda, Zahirul Hoque

The purpose of this paper is to explore the sensitivity of economic efficiency rankings of water businesses to the choice of alternative physical and accounting capital input…

The role of the Troika on the Greek central government accounting reforms: The reprioritization riddle

Sandra Cohen, Sotirios Karatzimas

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the Troika’s advent played in the progress of the budgeting and the financial reporting systems reform at the Greek central…

The introduction of mandatory inter-municipal cooperation in small municipalities: Preliminary lessons from Italy

Davide Giacomini, Alessandro Sancino, Anna Simonetto

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of mandatory inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in small Italian municipalities. Data from 280 small Italian municipalities on the…

Strategy and practices: A qualitative study of a Brazilian public healthcare system of telemedicine

Paulo Alberto Battazza Iasbech, Rosalia Aldraci Barbosa Lavarda

In analyzing the field of strategic management in public organizations, scholars have noted a lack of studies that investigate how public organizations actually apply strategic…

Giving sense and changing perceptions in the implementation of the performance management system in public sector organisations in developing countries

Frank Louis Kwaku Ohemeng, Emelia Amoako Asiedu, Theresa Obuobisa-Darko

Change in public organisations has become inevitable in modern times. Yet, implementing change continues to be problematic, especially the attempt to introduce performance…