TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Effective and Efficient Organisations? Government Export Promotion in Germany and the UK from an Organisational Economics Perspective
T2  - Contributions to Economics,
A1  - Hauswirth, Iris A.
LA  - English
PP  - Heidelberg
PB  - Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica
YR  - 2006
ED  - 1st ed. 2006.
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-3-7908-1731-7
AB  - Using organisational economics theory, the author develops a conceptual framework for analysing the effectiveness and efficiency of public services delivery. In applying the framework to case studies of export support organisations in Germany and the UK , the research establishes the causal links between organisational structures and outputs. The decisive variables are knowledge and incentives of the actors, and adaptability of the organisation. Since there are trade-offs between the variables, the findings help to explain why one organisation may be different from, but equally effective and efficient as another, and why, despite ongoing re-structuring of public and private sector organisations, no panacea for an effective and efficient organisation has been found. The analytical framework also provides a means for examining existing organisations and blueprints of future organisations, allowing for conclusions about improvability and the implications of change.
OP  - 252
CN  - HD87-87.55
SN  - 9783790817317
KW  - Economic policy.
KW  - Economic Policy.
ER  -