Management Analysis of New Business Models of the State with Particular Reference to Government Procurement

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The Japanese public sector does not appear to be correctly responding to the present-day requirements for providing the nation with high-quality services efficiently and inexpensively. In contrast, drawing on the ideas of value for money, private finance initiatives (PFIs), and public private partnerships (PPPs), some Western countries including the United Kingdom appear to have adopted a new entrepreneurial model of the state, in which substantial parts of the public sector are held responsible for becoming competitive with the private sector as appropriate. Consequently, the quality and efficiency of many Public services appear to have been improving. Evidence suggests, moreover, that we are witnessing today the birth of a new business model of the state, evolving from a regulatory to catalytic one.With these premises in mind and in search of new alternative models of the state in the twenty-first century, I have conducted extensive fieldwork in several advanced and developing countries during the course of this research with specific interest in government procurement. A theoretical framework that has been applied draws on latest network theory that focuses on how different economic agencies embedded in local situations serving different people and markets can collaborate across organizational boundaries by radically rewiring their information conduits and do obtain substantial gains that cannot otherwise accrue. Although still in the making the theoretical and practical inquiries of this study have produced findings and insights that stimulate new policy making and indicate further research crosscutting public policy and management studies. To fulfill research potential, however, it is imperative that more focused and detailed research be undertaken, taking into account the dynamic properties of real-world problems in specific contexts.