The twin faces of public sector design

A Clarke, J Craft - Governance, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Design thinking has become a popular approach for governments around the world seeking
to address complex governance challenges. It offers novel techniques and speaks to …

Efficiency in Third Sector Partnerships for Delivering Local Government Services: The role of economies of scale, scope and learning

T Bovaird - Public Management Review, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Third sector partnerships are under pressure to change in the light of the increasing cost
pressures on local public services. The literature throws doubt on the level of economies of …

Developing community partnerships for primary healthcare: an integrative review on management challenges

OMA Alves, JP Moreira, PC Santos - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The aim of this review was to identify healthcare management barriers,
challenges and obstacles in the development of health partnerships in community …

It's not rocket science: the case from Ireland for a policy focus on men's health

N Richardson, P Carroll - … Journal of Men's Social and Community …, 2018 - utpjournals.press
Historically, men, as a population group, have been conspicuous by their absence at a
global and national health policy level. Moreover, most gender-focused health policy …

“We're not a bottomless pit”: food banks' capacity to sustainably meet increasing demand

S Iafrati - Voluntary Sector Review, 2018 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Based on research with 21 food banks across eight local authority areas in England, this
article examines the sustainability of food banks in their attempts to balance demand and …

Modelling lifecycles of inter-organizational collaborations in healthcare: a systematic review and best-fit framework synthesis

JA Aunger, R Millar, J Greenhalgh - Journal of Health Organization …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Inter-organisational collaboration (IOC) across healthcare settings has been put
forward as a solution to mounting financial and sustainability challenges. Whilst ingredients …

Detecting radicalisation in communities: The role of multi-agency partnership and the power of local information

S Roberts - Proceedings of the 9th International RAIS Conference …, 2018 - ceeol.com
Following the 2017 UK terrorist attacks by extremist religious individuals, it is notable that
politicians and individual commentators remarked on the pressing need for local partnership …

The changing role of housing associations

D Mullins - The Third Sector Delivering Public …, 2016 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
Housing is perhaps the ideal field in which to explore the argument that something has
changed in public services involving the replacement of monolithic, hierarchical public …

The voluntary sector contribution to local innovations across the public sector

J Munro - Voluntary Sector Review, 2018 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This policy review re-examines the findings from a study on how local government
managers might best lead partnerships to achieve more innovations across the public …

Using contract consolidation to improve performance: Effects of service delivery scale on nonprofit provider efficiency in the combined federal campaign

D Vance-McMullen - Public Performance & Management Review, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
When nonprofit organizations deliver services on behalf of the government, the government
agency has the opportunity to select the optimal number of providers to maximize …