Received theories suggest a possible cost-quality tradeoff when private outsourcing arrangements are used in public services. Using data from Brazilian prisons, our study provides evidence that contradicts this prediction: the prisons not only run at a lower cost, but also show similar or...

Intersecting the boundaries of public and private economic activity, public-private ties carry important organizational strategy, managerial, and policy implications. We identify the value-creation and capture mechanisms embedded in these ties through a theoretical framework of two conceptual...

Civic festivals offer an exceptional laboratory for the study of collaborative governance because these events are ubiquitous and are characterized by public and private partners engaged in joint activity. Using the Carnival festival of Salvador, Brazil, as an example, we analyze the current...