Abstract
The management of public-private relationships to deliver vital public products and services is crucial to ensure high performance. While extant public management studies have started to position contracts as vital in managing information exchange, these studies paid limited attention to unpack the elements within a contract, and their role and capacity, to support (or hinder) information sharing. Drawing on primary and secondary datasets, we examine three relationships between a pharmaceutical company and public healthcare organizations. While findings reveal that contracts can function as a common reference point, individual boundary objects differ both in their information processing and exchange capacities.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Public Management Review |
Early online date | 17 Apr 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 17 Apr 2022 |
Keywords
- Boundary object
- contract
- information asymmetry
- information sharing
- public-private relationships
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Administration