Tauchmann H, Clausen H, Oelmann M (2009)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2009
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Volume: 31
Pages Range: 863-876
Journal Issue: 6
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2009.07.001
In the German wastewater sector, innovations are often regarded to be the key to better service provision. Our focus is on the question of whether less direct control by the authorities does improve the innovativeness of providers of wastewater services. On the basis of data from a survey among German service providers a structural model explaining firms' innovativeness is estimated. Estimation results suggest that firm size improves in novativeness; however, the organizational arrangement, i.e. the legal dependency on municipalities does not. We conclude that reforms directed towards increased legal autonomy have only limited effects on innovations if not accompanied by market liberalization. © 2009 Society for Policy Modeling.
APA:
Tauchmann, H., Clausen, H., & Oelmann, M. (2009). Do Organizational Forms matter? Innovation and Liberalization in the German Wastewater Sector. Journal of policy modeling, 31(6), 863-876. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2009.07.001
MLA:
Tauchmann, Harald, Hartmut Clausen, and Marc Oelmann. "Do Organizational Forms matter? Innovation and Liberalization in the German Wastewater Sector." Journal of policy modeling 31.6 (2009): 863-876.
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