The efficiency and effectiveness of municipally owned corporations: a systematic review

B Voorn, ML Van Genugten… - Local Government Studies, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part I

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] E-government mechanisms to enhance the participation of citizens and society: Exploratory analysis through the dimension of municipalities

F Tejedo-Romero, JFFE Araujo, A Tejada… - Technology in Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of information technologies has been a window of opportunity for local governments
to increase initiatives and instruments for citizen participation and interaction with society …

Local government transparency index: determinants of municipalities' rankings

JFFE Araujo, F Tejedo-Romero - International Journal of Public Sector …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–Cases of corruption, embezzlement, theft and fraud, abuse of discretion, favoritism,
nepotism, clientelism, and abuse of power in governments have led to a growing demand …

Rethinking new public management delivery forms and efficiency: Long-term effects in Spanish local government

G Pérez-López, D Prior… - Journal of public …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Local governments' efficiency: a systematic literature review—part II

I Narbón‐Perpiñá, K De Witte - International Transactions in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient management of the available resources in local governments has been a topic
of high interest in the field of public sector. We provide an extensive and comprehensive …

Performance and its determinants in the Portuguese municipal solid waste utilities

C Amaral, MI Pedro, DC Ferreira, RC Marques - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented population increase brings several consequences to the environment,
including the rise of urbanization levels and municipal solid waste (MSW) production–one …

Factors affecting eco-efficiency of municipal waste services in Tuscan municipalities: An empirical investigation of different management models

G Romano, M Molinos-Senante - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The efficient provision of municipal solid waste (MSW) services is essential from an
economic and environmental perspective. This paper investigates the effect of ownership …

Assessing efficiency drivers in municipal solid waste collection services through a non-parametric method

A Guerrini, P Carvalho, G Romano, RC Marques… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste collection is a public service with impact on the environment, public
health, and the appearance of a municipal area. The standard of efficiency achieved in …

Temporal scale efficiency in DEA panel data estimations. An application to the solid waste disposal service in Spain

G Pérez-López, D Prior, JL Zafra-Gómez - Omega, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this manuscript is analyse the long-term scale efficiency of the solid waste
disposal service, with the application of a new method for calculating time-invariant and time …