Attributes of Local Government Managers – What Matters in Local Entrepreneurship Context?

Creating social entrepreneurship in local government

Received: 24 April 2008 Revised: 21 August 2008 Accepted: 22 August 2008 Abstract The public sector is often considered synonym with inefficiency and a lack of motivation to be innovative. This paper seeks to contribute towards the literature surrounding social entrepreneurship in the public sector, through using institutional theory to underpin an e-Innovations model that promotes social entre...

Perceptions of Malaysian Local Government Managers on Accountability Typology

Accountability is a concept that has been difficult to clearly identify or measure. There is disagreement over definitions of accountability and a lack of empirical evidence about ways the concept might be dimensionalized, although there is agreement that it is multi-dimensional in nature. The aim of this study is to provide evidence of the existence of common types of accountability that are c...

Local Government Reforms In Pakistan : Context , Content And Causes

Institute of Local Government Studies ‘ We have to stop meeting like this ’ : what works in health and local government partnerships

'We have to stop meeting like this': what works in health and local government partnerships? Acknowledgements About HSMC HSMC has been one of the leading UK centres for research, personal and organisational development in health care for 40 years. Commissioning of healthcare and provision of healthcare outside hospitals have become specific areas of expertise in recent years, underpinned by a c...

Local Government in Sweden

Classification: FS 52 u Od Local self-government has a long tradition in Sweden. The first legislation in this field is generally considered to be the Local Government Ordinances of 1862, which separated Church of Sweden tasks from civil ones. Church tasks were assigned to the parishes of this Lutheran State church, while civil tasks were assigned to cities and rural municipal districts. At the...