The multiple principal problem refers to multiple collective action problems that
organizations face when they must balance (competing) interests of multiple stakeholders …

Municipally owned corporations (MOCs) are increasingly utilised to provide local public
services, but little remains known about their efficiency and effectiveness. In this article, we …

Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more
critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently proven ephemeral, inter …

With the increase in public services offered at the local level and heightened budgetary and
financial constraints on local government, new ways of managing local public services must …

Inter-municipal cooperation in public service delivery has attracted the interest of local
authorities seeking to reform public service provision. Cost saving, together with better …

Recent research has illustrated that demographic diversity influences the outcomes of public
sector organizations. Most studies have focused on workforce diversity; by comparison, little …

The main objective of this work is to examine whether small municipalities can reduce costs
through cooperation and delegation. We first examine factors explaining the decision of …

Inter-municipal cooperation is increasingly popular in European countries. Saving cost is a
key motivation. This paper analyses the relation between inter-municipal cooperation and …

This article analyses the effects of board composition on the behavior of a sample of 114
Italian local public utilities, for which information about 1630 directors during 1994–2004 has …

Intermunicipal cooperation is being increasingly adopted in various countries as a part of
local service delivery reforms. This article draws on survey data from Spain's municipalities …