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Governance strategies in local government: A study of the governance of municipal corporations in a Swedish municipality
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Business, Economics and Design, Linnaeus School of Business and Economics. (The Corporate Governance Research Group at Linnæus University)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5098-1618
School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University.
2010 (English)In: International Journal of Public Policy, ISSN 1740-0600, E-ISSN 1740-0619, Vol. 5, no 4, p. 373-389Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Municipal corporations can be seen as a method of disintegrating municipal operations, but retaining control through those corporations. We assume that the municipal influence of the corporation can be described through the concept of governance strategy. Through a case study of seven corporations in one Swedish municipality, we found that emphasis was put on corporate strategy as a governance mechanism and that the board only retained a latent capacity. Furthermore, financial control and executive compensation were hardly ever used as governance mechanisms, which led us to formulate the ‘chamber concert’ hypothesis: the use of governance mechanisms is influenced by traditions, norms, knowledge and governance needs.

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2010. Vol. 5, no 4, p. 373-389
Keywords [en]
governance strategy, municipal organisations
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Business Administration
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Economy, Business administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-15261DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2010.032303Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77951460511OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-15261DiVA, id: diva2:452493
Available from: 2011-10-31 Created: 2011-10-31 Last updated: 2023-08-29Bibliographically approved

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