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Revenue scarcity and government outsourcing: Evidence from Norwegian local governments Vrije Universiteit Brussel
It is often said that “necessity is the mother of invention”. In this article, we assess whether this applies also to the design of public authorities’ service provision. Particularly, we evaluate whether revenue scarcity – as an indicator of fiscal stress – induces government outsourcing. In contrast to previous studies, we exploit arguably exogenous variation in local government revenue across time and space to derive stronger inferences on ...
Alignment dynamics in eGovernment: behind the scenes of local governments Ghent University
Local governments are increasingly swamped by the endless possibilities that arise from information and communication technologies. They are challenged to incorporate ICTs in their daily processess and strive to thus become more efficient and effective organizations. Yet, a lot of factors come into play when ICTs are introduced within local governments. Soon organizational dynamics are entangled with the new dynamics that stem from the newly ...
Identity-Theft Through e-Government Services – Government to Pay the Bill? KU Leuven
The expansion of e-Government and online authentication possibilities in recent years increases the risk of not properly implemented authentication systems. This may often give rise to subsequent risks, such as identity theft. Whereas the legal framework has primarily focused on identity theft as a criminal act, less attention has been given to the way the Government handles information in its identity management systems. This paper considers ...
How Do Governments Support the Development of Public Private Partnerships? Measuring and Comparing PPP Governmental Support in 20 European Countries KU Leuven University of Antwerp
© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Abstract: Taking an institutional perspective, in this article we develop an index of the governmental support for public private partnership (PPP) — a ‘PPP Governmental Support Index’ (GSI) — which aims to measure the extent to which national governments provide an institutional framework that is either conducive or preventive for the introduction and diffusion of PPPs within transport infrastructure and other ...
Volunteering through governments as a governmental technique: capturing its social-political significance Ghent University
Recently, new developments regarding volunteering have been signaled in the academic literature. One of these developments concerns a growing trend of government intervention in the field of volunteering6,1,5,3,2. In one expression of this trend, volunteer work is increasingly being used by government institutions as an instrument to develop active citizenship in socially excluded individuals2. In practice, then, public benefit agencies refer ...
Local governments' participation in intergovernmental e-government projects: a comparative network analysis of two case study's Ghent University
Both the Belgian federal and Flemish regional government have framed the development of a series of authentic information sources as a key solution to reduce administrative burden for companies and citizens as these crossroads banks allow the sharing of information between different government agencies at different levels of government. The ultimate goal is to realize a more integrated, efficient and effective government service delivery towards ...