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Marketization in Public Purchasing as a Route to Business Corporations' Institutional Power: The Case of Outsourcing Social Services in Israel

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power? This paper argues that institutional power is affected by the architecture of the “acquisition regime”—the set of formal (and informal) rules that govern how states purchase public services.
Reut Marciano, Shir Gal
wiley   +1 more source

Partnering With Peer‐Endorsed Cities: Unpacking the Role of Peer Choices in Interlocal Collaboration

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Partner selection is critical for interlocal collaboration. However, governments often face challenges in identifying suitable partners, which can undermine the potential gains of collaboration. While previous studies suggest that conforming to peers can reduce uncertainty in decision‐making, its role in partner selection remains underexplored.
Ziteng Fan, Yijia Jing, Xuechun Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The Governance of the European Digital Identity Framework Through the Lens of Institutional Mimesis

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Commission's decision to expand its 2014 Regulation on electronic identification and trust services toward wallet‐based digital identities marked a significant shift in the governance of users' digital identities. The intersection between private digital services, public prerogatives, and individual self‐determination raises ...
Linda Weigl, Marta Reysner
wiley   +1 more source

The fiber of persistent homology for trees. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Appl Comput Topol
Beers D, Leygonie J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Construction of Compliance with the European Union Deforestation Regulation in Global Coffee Value Chains

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) obliges the importers and users of seven agricultural commodities to achieve supply chain traceability and prevent deforestation‐linked products from entering the EU market. This paper investigates how companies and producing countries in the coffee sector prepared for EUDR compliance by ...
Janina Grabs
wiley   +1 more source

“I Know I Am Not Supposed to, but I Just Want Them to Feel Cozy”: Dissonance Between the Co‐Production Myth and Persistence of the Care Paradigm in Public Service Encounters

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Co‐production, which is spreading to countless organisations, predicts that involving service users more directly in decision‐making and service provision will have beneficial outcomes. However, integrating co‐production logics into daily practices, especially in care services, presents challenges. This study examines how co‐production efforts
Nanna Møller Mortensen
wiley   +1 more source

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