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This paper aims at describing the experience of the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (Ciudades para Emprender or CPE) of the National Directorate of Community and Human Capital (which belongs to the SEPYME), National Ministry of Production. This paper starts from the premise that entrepreneurship takes place at the most micro level of the offer and, therefore, is a concept associated with the characteristics of the environment closest to that offer: the local territory. However, there is little history in the country of public policies relating the issue of entrepreneurship with the local management. That is why we take as a starting point the conceptualization of the chosen framework: local governments and the development issue, seen from the perspective of entrepreneurships. Moreover, an overview is given on the structural characteristics of municipalities in Argentina. In addition, some international experiences and attempts to promote entrepreneurship at a national level are analyzed. Finally, the Cities for Entrepreneurs Program (CPE) is outlined, based on a summary of the diagnoses of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of the selected cities and the tools used and their execution status at the time of publication of this paper.

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E-Government : an exploratory study of online government procurement

Social and Management Research Journal ◽

10.24191/smrj.v5i2.5156 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Maniam Kaliannan

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Empirical Investigation ◽

Government Procurement ◽

Management Tool ◽

Government Service ◽

The Public ◽

Organizational Perspective ◽

Effective Manner ◽

The Government ◽

Government Level

The quest to improve the government service delivery is becoming an important agenda for most governments. The introduction oflCT in the public sector especially E-Government initiatives opens up a new chapter in the government administration throughout the world. Governments have deployed ICT to serve their citizens in an efficient and effective manner. This paper presents an empirical investigation of Malaysian government's e-Procurement initiative (locally known as e-Perolehan). The aim of the paper is to examine factors that influence the current and future use of the system within the supplier community. These factors are grouped in three perspectives, (i) organizational perspective; (ii) technological perspective; and (Hi) environmental perspective. The general consensus amongst both the buyer and seller communities is that e-procurement will become an important management tool to enhance the performance of supply chain especially in the public sector. However, before this occurs, the findings suggest that several issues must be addressed by the relevant authorities in light of the three perspectives as mentioned above, to improve the procurement process at the federal government level.

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An Empirical Study of the Financial Mismanagement of Internally Generated Revenue in Ife South Local Government of Osun State, Nigeria

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v19i2.7786 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 29-38

Author(s):

Adeola Ajayi

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Financial Management ◽

Town Planning ◽

Primary Data ◽

Revenue Generation ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

The Poor ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Government Level ◽

Descriptive Statistical Analysis

This study focused on financial mismanagement of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Ife South Local Government. It also identified viable sources of revenue in the local government and examined problems militating against effective collection of revenue. This study was necessitated by the need to ensure increased revenue generation in Ife South local government of Osun State, Nigeria. Primary and secondary sources of data were utilized for the study. The primary data were collected through structured questionnaires. Respondents were selected from career officers in GL. 03-16 in departments and units of finance and supplies, administration, primary healthcare, agriculture, town planning and estate valuation of the local government, thus 180 respondents were sampled representing 29.31% of 614 staff strength of these departments and units of the local government. The questionnaires were administered using descriptive statistical analysis such as frequency and percentage value. The study revealed that there are many viable and non-viable sources of revenue in Ife South local government, the myriad of problems militating against effective collection of the revenue and the poor financial management of internally generated revenue which aptly explains why the local government could not be developed. The study concluded that the share of local government from the statutory allocation be increased, routine auditing and post-auditing from the supervising ministry should be encouraged at the local government level and that the local government should also intensify her effort on increase revenue generation in order to withstand the challenges posed by the current global economic crisis.

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Assessing the role of intergovernmental relations in strategic planning for economic development at local government level : a case study of Umkhanyakude District Municipality

Journal of Gender Information and Development in Africa ◽

10.31920/2050-4284/2018/v7n2a11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 221-239

Author(s):

Andile Biyela ◽

Thokozani Nzimakwe ◽

Syanda Mthuli ◽

Isaac Khambule

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Local Government ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Intergovernmental Relations ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Government Level

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The Sticky Cost Phenomenon at the Local Government Level: Empirical Evidence from Greece

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2575530 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sandra Cohen ◽

Sotiris Karatzimas ◽

Vassilios-Christos Naoum

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Local Government Level ◽

Government Level

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Policy Refiners and Street-Level Lesson Learners

10.1093/oso/9780198831990.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alastair Stark

Keyword(s):

Policy Evaluation ◽

Central Government ◽

Street Level ◽

Street Level Bureaucrats ◽

Central Level ◽

Government Level ◽

Inquiry Lesson

This chapter explores agents who are influential in terms of inquiry lesson-learning but have not been examined before in inquiry literature. The key argument is that two types of agent—policy refiners and street-level bureaucrats—are important when it comes to the effectiveness of post-crisis lesson-learning. As they travel down from the central government level, street-level actors champion, reinterpret, and reject inquiry lessons, often because those lessons do not consider local capacities. Policy refiners, however, operate at the central level in the form of taskforces, implementation reviews, and policy evaluation processes. These refiners examine potentially problematic inquiry lessons in greater detail in order to determine whether and how they should be implemented. In doing so, these ‘mini-inquiries’ can reformulate or even abandon inquiry recommendations.

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