with respect to the vision statement, economy of iran has to transform to a knowledge-based economy in 1404, which is currently (according to the official statistics) an input-oriented one. improving productivity is among primary solutions to reach the goal. nevertheless, productivity of the government has not been in a good condition during past few years.due to this matter and challenges in p...

The main purpose of the study is to examine the causal relationship between government revenues and expenditures of the Jordan government over the period from 1990 to 2011 using Granger causality and VECM tests methodology. Which provides channels of causation between government revenues (GR) and government expenditures (GE).The empirical results show that bidirectional causality running betwee...

using the optimum control procedure, the present paper is concerned with the effects of trade liberalization on both government and private expenditures in iran. an appropriate analytical consisting of ten equations is specified throgh which significant estimation results are obtained, using econometric method over the 1959-86 period. the model is utilized to explore how any change in control v...

good governance is a term indicating the change of paradigm of state and government roles which prepares the way for equal participation for all citizens in decision making process, revealing this reality that governance belongs to public and is organized by them. on the other hand, e-government is a powerful instrument which causes the better public service, decrease of waste time, improvement...

since public sector enterprises poor performance become evident, privatization as a means of improving such enterprises performance and curbing government interference in business activities has attracted much attention at national policy making levels. privatization is a complex and long term process the effect of which may appear over a long period of tome. there fore, considering it a limpid...

Innovation is often talked about but not always well understood in the Australian public service context. At the same time, enhancing public sector performance is a key goal of the Australian Government and other governments around the world. Innovation, particularly in policy development, program design and service delivery, is a necessary element in public services becoming better targeted, m...

The author challenges the dualistic view of social, political and economic governance, where markets and hierarchies (i.e. the state and governments) dominated the theoretical field, especially in economics. A classification method for analysing the “fundamental ways” in organising human societies is developed and the authentic “third way” is found in the interests of individuals (i.e. citizens...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Messung der Zufriedenheit der Bürger/Nutzer von Portalen der öffentlichen Verwaltung bzw. worauf diese Zufriedenheit fußt und wie man im weiteren diese beeinflussen kann. Anhand den Ergebnissen einer Online Umfrage auf dem Online Portal des Land Steiermark wird ein Kausalmodell zu Messung der Bürgerzufriedenheit vorgestellt. Die Ergebnisse dieser ...

This paper examines how electronic data exchange networks are enabling and constituting conditional policies, whereby a person’s eligibility in one policy domain becomes contingent on their behaviour in another. It is argued that the growth of these policy directions must be understood as a result of both the growth of a neo-liberal political rationality and developments in information technolo...