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COLLABORATION AMONG GOVERNMENT, MARKET, AND SOCIETY: FORGING PARTNERSHIPS AND ENCOURAGING COMPETITION
Author(s) -
Jing Yijia,
Besharov Douglas J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.21772
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , contest , citation , political science , market share , public relations , library science , management , marketing , economics , business , computer science , law , biology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
Collaboration has become a major solution to modern public administration issues that demand sharing of information, increased productivity, more efficient use of resources, and greater legitimacy among multiple actors from various sectors (Donahue & Zeckhauser, 2011). Countries, despite their varying contexts and conditions, have jumped on this bandwagon and embraced the idea of thinner, more adaptive, more entrepreneurial, and more collaborative government. Although this demand creates strong momentum toward innovation and synergy in the public sector, it challenges existing values, processes, and institutions of the government. This, in turn, raises the overarching question of how government can adopt and