The Creation and Evolution of Quasi Markets in the Public Sector
Early evidence from the National Health Service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6327498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ewan Ferlie (0000-0003-2947-5141, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105-112 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557394782453744 |
| OpenAlex | W2047171996 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
The paper seeks to develop a more behavioural understanding of new style ‘quasi markets’ in the public sector. Theoretically, the paper critiques transaction cost based approaches and argues that the ‘new economic sociology’ can be fruitfully applied in these settings. Case study evidence is presented from the National Health Service (NHS). The evidence suggests that the internal market in health care should be seen as relational and as socially and institutionally embedded
Business · Database transaction · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Health care · Microeconomics · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Public health · Public relations · Public sector · Service (business · Tertiary sector of the economy · Transaction cost · Management and Organizational Studies · Medicine · Nursing · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0.34 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2014 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |