Contracts as Reinvented Institutions in the Public Sector: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

by Carsten Greve

Contracting has become one of the tools that governments use to make their services more efficient and effective. This work studies the positives and negatives involved with the multiple elements of contracting. Contract culture is broken down into its many parts: rules and regulations, norms and values, local governments and the private sector. This allows the authors to examine the topic through a unique cross-cultural lens and provide a fresh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567205283
• ISBN13: 9781567205282
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"