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dc.contributor.advisorJacobsen, Dag Ingvar
dc.contributor.advisorGeys, Benny
dc.contributor.authorBlåka, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-13T12:59:14Z
dc.date.available2022-06-13T12:59:14Z
dc.date.created2022-06-10T14:08:10Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationBlåka, S. (2022). 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 [PhD. thesis]. University of Agder.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-8427-077-7
dc.identifier.issn1504-9272
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2998555
dc.description.abstractInter-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 widespread, studies of its effects are largely lacking. The existing studies show contradicting results, causing more and more scholars to ask what determines whether or not cooperation is successful. This study contributes to filling this gap by asking, when and how shared service delivery is beneficial. The study’s empirical work is constituted of four separate articles. Each article uses one specific service as an empirical case for analyzing the effects cooperation on one or two distinct dimensions of performance. Together, these studies provide an empirical ground for comparing and discussing how the effects of cooperation may depend on cooperation size and tasks characteristics.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Agderen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDoctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367
dc.relation.haspartPaper I: Blåka, S. (2017). Does cooperation affect service delivery costs? Evidence from fire services in Norway. Public Administration, 95(4), 1092-1106. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12356. Published version. Full-text is not available in AURA as a separate file.en_US
dc.relation.haspartPaper II: Blåka, S. (2017). Service Quality, Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Optimum Scale of Operation : The case of local fire departments in Norway. In Jarle Trondal (Ed.), The Rise of Common Political Order. Institutions, Public Administration and Transnational Space (p. 233-250). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786435002.00021. Published version. Full-text is not available in AURA as a separate file.en_US
dc.relation.haspartPaper III: Blåka, S., Jacobsen, D. I. & Morken, T. (2021). Service quality and the optimum number of members in inter‐municipal cooperation. The case of emergency primary care services in Norway. Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12785. Published version. Full-text is available in AURA as a separate file: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2778853.en_US
dc.relation.haspartPaper IV: Blåka, S. (Under review). Does cooperation affect service delivery costs? Privatization, cooperation, and the optimum number of members in Norwegian local auditing services. Original manuscript. Full-text is not available in AURA as a separate file.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleCooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Deliveryen_US
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2022 Sara Blåkaen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240en_US
dc.source.pagenumber203en_US
dc.source.issue367en_US
dc.identifier.cristin2030852


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