From enthusiasm to disenchantment: an analysis of the termination of Portuguese municipal enterprises

Camões, Pedro J.; Rodrigues, Miguel

doi:10.1080/09540962.2020.1763605

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“…In addition to the literature examining the drivers behind the use of corporatized public services, studies have begun to emerge that analyze the termination and dissolution of corporatized public services, as well as the return of corporatized services in‐house. At the local government level, Camões and Rodrigues (2021) find that Portuguese municipalities experiencing financial pressure are more likely to terminate municipal corporations. At the organizational level, Andrews (2022) finds that corporatized services are less likely to be dissolved if they are majority public‐owned, but more likely to be dissolved when they are subject to greater political control.…”

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Corporatization of public services

Andrews

Clifton

Ferry

2022

Public Administration

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The corporatization of public services by moving services previously provided in‐house into various types of arms‐length corporate forms of organization is becoming an important trend at multiple levels of government. Although the use of such corporate forms to deliver public services is not a new phenomenon, evidence on the impact of corporatization on public services provision is only slowly emerging. In this symposium, we aim to advance our understanding of the theoretical and practical implications of corporatization through empirical analyses of its dynamics in a range of different settings. In this introductory article, we begin by explaining what is meant by the corporatization of public services and the different forms that it can take, before summarizing the existing evidence on the governance, accountability, and performance of corporatized public services. We then describe the articles included in the symposium and conclude by outlining a future research agenda for studying corporatization.

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Corporatization of public services

Andrews

Clifton

Ferry

2022

Public Administration

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“…Is a similar phenomenon observed with public corporations? Meanwhile, local state‐owned enterprises have yielded mixed results (Camoes & Rodrigues, 2021; Overman & van Thiel, 2016; Voorn et al, 2017), which may come to undermine the perceived value of such reforms. More compelling evidence about the actual performance of public corporations, and about this performance is viewed by governments, would improve our understanding of the decisions leading to their creation.…”

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Why create government corporations? An examination of the determinants of corporatization in the Canadian public sector

Bernier

Juillet

Deschamps

2021

Public Administration

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Public corporations have grown in popularity over the last 30 years, but the conditions that lead governments to create them are still debated. In this study, we draw on an original dataset of public organizations at the federal and provincial levels in Canada to test the prevalence of corporatization and the conditions associated with the creation of public corporations. Our results show that corporatization has been an important phenomenon in Canada over the last 30 years, but that the creation of public corporations is not associated with pressures on public finances or favored by right‐wing governments. Our main finding is that the creation of public corporations is mainly associated with administrative capacity. Our results suggest that corporatization may be more a pragmatic exercise in state‐building than an ideological or New Public Management (NPM)‐driven project, but that its cost or complexity may make it more accessible to larger administrations.

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“…Their findings show that re-municipalisation occurs more frequently in local governments with private contractors and is not primarily driven by political interests, but by the preferences of bureaucrats. Reverse contracting has also been a popular research topic in recent years Camöes and Rodrigues (2020). found that economic and financial rather than political aspects are the key drivers of reverse contracting.…”

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Local Public Services Delivery Mechanisms: A Literature Review

Petkovšek¹,

Hrovatin²,

Pevcin³

2021

LEX

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The paper presents a literature review about local public services delivery mechanisms like: in-house provisions, privatization, and inter-municipal cooperation. The aim of this paper is to review the development of the studied field, to find out which delivery mechanism dominates in a certain period of time, and to review which economic research focus dominates in the studied field. Possible effects on the economies of scale, costs reductions, efficiency, and other economic-political-institutional-social factors in the provision of local public services are scrutinized, using a content analysis breakdown. Results show that most studies are country studies and empirical studies in increasing numbers in recent years. The choice of local public services delivery mechanisms are mostly influenced by the size of the local government, the efficiency of service provision, the resources available, and the institutional framework. Politics and market competition also play a role in the decision-making process.

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From enthusiasm to disenchantment: an analysis of the termination of Portuguese municipal enterprises

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Corporatization of public services

Corporatization of public services

Why create government corporations? An examination of the determinants of corporatization in the Canadian public sector

Local Public Services Delivery Mechanisms: A Literature Review

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