TY - GEN AU - Zafra Gómez, José Luis AU - López‐Hernández, Antonio Manuel AU - Plata Díaz, Ana María AU - Pérez López, Gemma PY - 2014 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/10481/104098 AB - Purpose Financial stress features frequently as an explanatory factor in research into decisions concerning the contracting out, or decentralisation, of local public services, though existing empirical studies are not unanimous in their conclusions.... AB - El estrés financiero como factor explicativo es una característica recurrente en la investigación sobre la privatización/descentralización de los servicios públicos locales, aunque los estudios empíricos previos no son unánimes en sus conclusiones.... LA - eng PB - Emerald KW - financial stress KW - NPM‐delivery forms KW - local government TI - The duration of financial stress: A factor impacting on the implementation of NPM‐delivery forms in local government DO - https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-04-2013-0035 ER -