This chapter explores the history of financial management reform in Switzerland, both at the Federal and cantonal levels of government. The chapter first outlines the Swiss system of government and public sector organisation.(...)

The introduction of competitive mechanisms and of markets or market-type instruments is a common topic in recent public sector modernisation everywhere. This paper explores the role, the trends and the effects of introducing market-oriented incentives into the discourse about reforming state and...

The article explores potential interrelationships between New Public Management reforms in the public sector and corrupt behavior of public servants, politicians and/or private providers of public services. It reflects on the impact of different reform strategies on corruption, analyzes possible...

This paper deals with the effect-oriented regional development policy.

This article presents reflections on the transposition of the private-sector concept of Total Quality Management (TQM) to the public sector.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the optimal scale of local jurisdictions (cantons) in Switzerland applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to the years 2000 to 2004. Aggregate output performance indicators for four local government activities (administration, education, health, and...