pt. 1. Introduction to business-government relations -- pt. 2. Business-government relations in the sociopolitical arena -- pt. 3. Business-government relations in economic development -- pt. 4. Business-government relations in the global market.

Ever since the colonial era, the US government has been influenced by a market-orientated intellectual tradition. Under such a tradition, an ideal social structure is a lean government in contrast to a robust private sector. The recent surge of neoliberalism has advanced the development of a...

Literature in the field of New Public Administration has focused mainly on individual countries especially the successes and failures of public sector reform efforts. This article introduces a more comparative perspective by looking at the different ways governments are managing public sector...

While a growing amount of literature has recently emerged describing network governance, less attention has been paid to evaluating the actual performance of networks. Our paper looks at the challenges facing network governance for natural resources (primarily logging and forestry) and energy...

In recent years, the disparity of school capital outlays has received increasing attention as many schools are facing challenges to meet increasing capital needs. With data of Georgia county school districts during FY2003-2008, this study examines how the disparity of school capital outlays is...