Private resources governance to public destination

This paper studies the problem of private organizations role on governance, in order to advance in the understanding of decision-making processes regarding to the assignment of private resources on public issues. In particular, from an institutionalist perspective and using polycentric governance as...

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Authors: Fernández, Diana, Eslava, Adolfo, Arango, Camilo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad EAFIT
Repository:Repositorio EAFIT
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/15299
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10784/15299
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Public Decisions
Business
Polycentric Governance
Institutionalism
Organizations
Decisiones Públicas
Empresa
Gobernanza Policéntrica
Institucionalismo
Organizaciones
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Summary:This paper studies the problem of private organizations role on governance, in order to advance in the understanding of decision-making processes regarding to the assignment of private resources on public issues. In particular, from an institutionalist perspective and using polycentric governance as an analytical category, it studies the decision of some private organizations to allocate resources on public education in Antioquia, Colombia. The qualitative analysis allows asseverate that, indeed, there are multiple decision-making centers lack in articulation but, at the same time, with formal and informal scenarios to get cooperative agreements. In brief, this paper is a contribution to governance analysis on public issues from a private perspective, an issue that deserves to be more explored from government and public policies studies due to it constitutes an important matter on the public decisions processes.