Blar i AURA på forfatter "Blåka, Sara"
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Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery
Blåka, Sara (Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is ... -
Does shared service delivery affect cost? A study of the cost-capacity relation in Norwegian local child protection services
Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Intermunicipal cooperation is often seen as a means to increase capacity and reap economic benefits of scale. Prior research, however, shows that the effects of shared service delivery diverge, leaving scholars and ... -
Kommunesektoren- mot et strukturelt mangfold? : "utviklingen av formell struktur i norske kommuner"
Blåka, Sara (Master thesis, 2011)Norske kommuner har siden revisjonen av kommuneloven som trådte i kraft i 1993 fått en betydelig større mulighet til selv å utforme egen organisasjonsstruktur (Hovik & Stigen, 2008). Fokuset for studien er i første omgang ... -
Service quality and the optimum number of members in intermunicipal cooperation: The case of emergency primary care services in Norway
Blåka, Sara; Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar; Morken, Tone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)