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Le radici aziendaliste del management pubblico: dall’Economia Aziendale di Zappa agli sviluppi dell’innovazione nel settore pubblico

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Abstract

The chapter examines the concept of public organizations from the establishment of ‘economia aziendale’ (business administration) as a scientific discipline, highlighting how its unitary conception made it possible to include public administrations within its field of inquiry. On this basis, it traces the evolution of the main theoretical approaches that have accompanied the managerialization of the public sector, culminating in the most recent paradigms centred on service, innovation, and public value creation, while remaining consistent with the identification criteria established within the discipline’s theoretical framework.


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Language: it

Keywords Public Management • Innovation • Economia Aziendale • Corporatization • Managerialization • Public Sector Organizations

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