Resumé
Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a qualitative comparative case study of the SOEs in passenger rail in Denmark and Sweden from 1990 to 2015.
Findings: The paper shows how marketization results in a layered institutional set-up of public service delivery based on both competition and monopoly where the SOE becomes what we call an IMA bridging sectorial challenges. In Sweden, this role has a new public governance form as the monopoly over time is fully dismantled. In Denmark, over time marketization is put on hold due to problems with the SOE as a market actor, but the SOE is nevertheless safeguarded in a new Weberian model as a sector coordinator.
Originality/value: The paper contributes to the recent literature on SOEs and marketization with an original and novel conceptualization of contemporary SOEs in public governance.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | International Journal of Public Sector Management |
| Vol/bind | 31 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 128-141 |
| Antal sider | 14 |
| ISSN | 0951-3558 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
Emneord
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Marketization
- State-owned enterprise
- Passenger rail
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Passenger Rail SOEs as Domestic Institutional Market Actors. / Christensen, Lene Tolstrup.
I: International Journal of Public Sector Management, Bind 31, Nr. 2, 2018, s. 128-141.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to make an empirical-based conceptualization of the contemporary domestic state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as domestic institutional market actors (IMAs) in the marketization of public service delivery. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a qualitative comparative case study of the SOEs in passenger rail in Denmark and Sweden from 1990 to 2015. Findings: The paper shows how marketization results in a layered institutional set-up of public service delivery based on both competition and monopoly where the SOE becomes what we call an IMA bridging sectorial challenges. In Sweden, this role has a new public governance form as the monopoly over time is fully dismantled. In Denmark, over time marketization is put on hold due to problems with the SOE as a market actor, but the SOE is nevertheless safeguarded in a new Weberian model as a sector coordinator. Originality/value: The paper contributes to the recent literature on SOEs and marketization with an original and novel conceptualization of contemporary SOEs in public governance.
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