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The creation and evolution of quasi markets in the public sector: A problem for strategic management
Author(s) -
Ferlie Ewan
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.4250130907
Subject(s) - public sector , perspective (graphical) , tertiary sector of the economy , strategic management , new public management , field (mathematics) , public service , object (grammar) , service (business) , empirical research , business , economics , industrial organization , marketing , public relations , political science , economy , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , pure mathematics , epistemology
The public sector has been unjustly neglected by the strategic management field as an object of study. In Britain we now see significant changes in public sector management, notably the introduction of an ‘internal market’ in the National Health Service. This paper reviews three theoretical perspectives on these developments and develops propositions for empirical enquiry based on the economic sociology perspective.