Bel, Germà;
Elston, Thomas;
(2024)
When the time is right: testing for dynamic effects in collaborative performance.
Public Management Review
, 26
(12)
pp. 3429-3455.
10.1080/14719037.2023.2214784.
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Abstract
Evaluations of public service collaborations tend to ignore time and timing as potential explanatory variables. Drawing on theories of environmental dynamism, organizational inertia, accountability ‘drift’, and isomorphism, we test whether the timing of inter-municipal cooperation, and its duration, affect financial performance for solid waste collection inter-municipal partnerships in the Spanish region of Catalonia over the period 2000–2019. Though still present and significant, the cost advantages of cooperation declined over this period due to population growth and reduced interdependence between municipalities. Timing of cooperation has no effect on savings; although early-adopter and follower groups differ in policy objectives.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | When the time is right: testing for dynamic effects in collaborative performance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14719037.2023.2214784 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2023.2214784 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Collaborative public management, organization theory, inter-municipal cooperation, inter-organizational relations, local government, shared services |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Political Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10217663 |
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