Private Action for Public Purpose

Covers themes such as reliability, trust, innovation, governance and diversification in relation to the globalisation of the world's largest rescue company
Provides detailed case studies of Falck's influence and development in the USA, Columbia, India and Denmark

Offers valuable insights from the co-editor of Social Innovation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), and highly-skilled co-authors, including a chapter written by the Vice President of Corporate Culture and Human Relations at Falck

Autorentext

Alex Murdock is Professor Emeritus at London South Bank University and visiting Professor at the University of Potsdam in Germany. His research focusses on the intersection of the private, public and non-profit sectors, and he has worked at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Alex has held senior government posts in London, England and trained as a Probation Officer.

Inhalt
Part I. .- Chapter 1. The Emergence of Falck; Alex Murdock and Frederik Madsen.- Chapter 2. Investigating Reliability and rescue; Anton Bradburn.- Chapter 3. Trust and the Public Sector; Christiane Stelling.- Chapter 4. innovation in Products and Services; Alex Murdock and Stephen Barber.- Chapter 5. Governance and Ownership; Alex Murdock.- Chapter 6. Diversification and Growth; Alex Murdock.- Chapter 7. Internalisation and Globalisation Post-2004; Alex Murdock.- Chapter 8. Culture and Core Values; Alex Murdock.- Part II. Case Studies.- Chapter 9. Grupo EMI and Falck in Latin Ameria: Working Together; Alex Murdock.- Chapter 10. Responce in Denmark: From Competitor to Partner; Alex Murdock and Margit Physant.- Chapter 11. Falck in India: A Challenging Market?; Alex Murdock.- Chapter 12. Falck and the US Ambulance Market: Run Silent, Run Deep?; Alex Murdock.- Part III. Conclusions.- Chapter 13. Conclusions and Looking to the Future; Alex Murdock.