Effective and Efficient Organisations? Government Export Promotion in Germany and the UK from an Organisational Economics Perspective /

• Main Author: Hauswirth, Iris A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Policy.

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 be...

Table of Contents:

• The context
• Efficient and effective organisations — Approaches in organisational economics
• Incentives, knowledge and adaptability
• The research design
• The organisation of trade fair support in Germany
• The organisation of trade fair support in the United Kingdom
• Organisation matters.