This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and
governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded …

Many market-type mechanisms were introduced in the public administration reforms in
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Therefore public administration higher education in CEE …

Contracting out services in the public sector should convey efficiency gains compared to the
in-house delivery of these services because of the competition element. However, results …

Public procurement is one of the forms of provision of public goods and services. Empirical
studies analyzing public procurement show, that one of the weaknesses of public …

Through the institute of public procurement a considerable volume of financial resources is
allocated. It is therefore in the interest of contracting entities to seek ways of how to achieve …

This chapter covers two new EU member states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It
describes the socialist era and the transformation after 1989. Concerning changes, main …

Contracting out is the prevalent types of alternative service-delivery ar-rangements in public
sector. The literature suggests that if the contracting is properly implemented, then it will …

The study builds on the original research of contracting and outsourcing in the Czech public
sector and assesses them from a comprehensive perspective. The aim of this study is to …

The aim of the paper is to present an overview of the forestry services market in Slovakia in
terms of forestry services customers and to identify key factors determining existence and …

This chapter discusses the problem of territorial fragmentation and summarizes the
arguments for and against a solution in the form of territorial consolidation regarding the …