The Public to Private Continuum Measure and the Role of Stakeholder Boards as a Proxy for Markets in the Governance of Air Navigation Services: A Comparative Analysis
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Lewis, Ira A.
Zolin, Roxanne
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2004
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This article studies institutional arrangements for governance of air navigation services
employing a comparative analysis of six nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In each of these countries other
than the United States, a board of directors composed of stakeholder representatives
manages an independent air navigation services organization that is not a traditional
government bureau.
In this article we assess how boards of public organizations can act as a proxy for market
feedback in the provision of public services. We use this concept to develop a more
sensitive measure of the degree of publicness and privateness in organizations. We test
our Public-Private Continuum Measure using a comparative analysis of air navigation
services in six countries. Our Public-Private Continuum Measure advances the
measurement of the public to private continuum from the use of an ordinal measure to a
continuous measure. Further research is needed to test this measure in studies that place
organizations on the continuum and determine how the degree of public-privateness
correlates with organizational performance measures. Armed with this tool, governments
can make more accurate decisions about the degree of public-privateness desired for the
provision of public goods.
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Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
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International Public Management Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2004.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.